Mass v. Gordon

CARROLL, CHAS., Chief Judge.

The appellee, a stockbroker, filed an action at law in the Circuit Court for Dade County to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract by a customer, the appellant Edward Mass, relating to a purchase of stock for the latter.

The plaintiff broker alleged that on October 10, 1955, the customer Edward Mass had orally authorized and requested the broker to purchase for him 500 shares of National Union Life Insurance Company common stock at $35.125 per share; that the broker executed the order by purchasing the stock, and that notice of its purchase together with…