Sweeney v. Douglas Copper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Douglas Copper Company, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of blew York on the 19th day of Hay, 1911, affirming a judgment of the City Court of the city of blew York, and an order denying a motion for a new trial; and also from said judgment and order of the City Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
One H. L. Eldridge, sixty-five years of age, a resident of Davenport, la., saw a copy of King’s Financial Bulletin, published at Boston, and bearing date November 23, 1907, in which appeared a broadside entitled “Douglas Copper Company bonds may be secured at 110 for one week longer, but price will increase December 1.”
The article was signed by C. E. King. It stated, inter alia, “ this is the first allotment of $100,000 of these bonds, and the company in giving me the exclusive right to offer them to the public is recognizing the fact that my office reaches more solid investors of…
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