MacDonald v. Hamilton B. Wills & Co.

The plaintiff has pleaded and must prove that the broker to whom he gave orders for the purchase and sale of stock never executed such orders. The plaintiff produced evidence to show that he never received from the broker any memorandum showing the name of the person, firm or corporation from whom any securities were purchased or to whom securities were sold in accordance with plaintiff’s orders; that when he suggested at times paying balances due on his account and receiving the securities which he had given orders to buy, the broker’s manager urged him for various reasons to postpone doing…