Raymond v. Parker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a trustee in bankruptcy to recover a balance alleged to be due a bankrupt stockbroker for purchases and sales of stocks and grain on margin, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New London County, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $2,887, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action by a trustee in bankruptcy to recover a balance alleged to be due a bankrupt stockbroker for purchases and sales of stocks and grain on margin, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New London County, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $2,887, and appeal by the defendant. A motion in this court to dismiss the appeal, because of unreasonable delay upon the part of the defendant in advancing the funds necessary to pay for printing evidence, was denied.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
The complaint alleges that Herbert S. Davis, for several years prior to 1908 (when he was adjudicated a bankrupt and the plaintiff was appointed trustee of his estate), had been engaged, at New London, “in the business of buying and selling stocks, grain and securities upon margins, as a broker”; that during three years prior to such adjudication the defendant had been one of his customers; and that during said time Davis “at the request and on the order of the defendant bought and sold stocks, grain and securities for the defendant and advanced money to keep good his margins as per bill of…
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