Stewart v. Schall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the six following prayers: 1. That there is no evidence in this cause from which the jury can find that the contracts for the purchase and sale of wheat made in Chicago, testified to by the witnesses Walter F. Cobb and Henry P. Darlington, were not bona fide and lawful contracts. 2. That there is no evidence in this case from which the jury…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the six following prayers: 1. That there is no evidence in this cause from which the jury can find that the contracts for the purchase and sale of wheat made in Chicago, testified to by the witnesses Walter F. Cobb and Henry P. Darlington, were not bona fide and lawful contracts. 2. That there is no evidence in this case from which the jury can find that the purchases and sales of stocks and bonds, testified to by the witnesses examined on the part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRitchie, J.
The plaintiffs sued defendant in assumpsit on the common counts to recover an alleged balance due them for services, advances and interest on purchases and sales of stocks, bonds and grain, alleged to have been made by them for defendant at his request. Both plaintiffs and defendant resided in York, Pennsylvania, where the former conducted the business of bankers and brokers. The plaintiffs bought and sold, ostensibly at least, on orders of the defendant, who deposited from time to time or left certain profits, as they accrued, with the plaintiffs, as margins, to cover and protect them in the…
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