Plant-Erickson v. Ditter

The bill prays for a decree for discovery and accounting. The facts are substantially that the complainant sometime before March, 1939, maintained and managed a beauty salon in Union City, New Jersey. Numbered among her patrons was the defendant Louise Ditter. In the course of the visits of Louise to complainant's shop, she confided to complainant that she had invested money in the stock market, and profited immensely thereby. She conveyed the inference that part of her profits were derived through "tips" from "Morgan Co." The picture of her successful stock market operations was beautifully…