Harding v. Gaillard

The complaint alleges that in 1915 John W. Beers and the defendant Dickinson were co-partners doing business as stockbrokers under the name of Beers & Owens, and that on the 8th day of September, 1915, Beers died, and the defendant, as sole survivor of the partnership, made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors to the defendant Gaillard; that the plaintiff was the owner of 300 shares of the common stock of the Interborough Metropolitan Company, which stock was held by the brokerage firm for the plaintiff’s debit balance, and under the assignment came into the possession of…