Britton v. Marks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Harriet L. Marks, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 17th day of June, 1904, up.on the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The action is upon a guaranty. The plaintiffs, who are stockbrokers, demanded more margin from their customer, Mrs. Isham, with whom they had been dealing for some time, and for whom they then held certain shares of stock bought by them on her account. The defendant, who then knew of the previous and present relations of the brokers and this customer, subscribed and delivered to the plaintiffs this writing; “ Referring to the $1,000 which *86I sent you in October, 1902, I beg to advise you that I have no further interest in the said money, and that Mrs. Juliet 0. Isham is the only…
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