Legal Opinion
Mintzer v. Arthur L. Wright & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 17, 1959No. 12684PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
Arthur L. Wright & Company, is a securities brokerage house with its principal place of business at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. . The various plaintiffs were customers of defendant’s sales representative, Robert A. Kershaw, in Ocean City, New Jersey. Kershaw seems to have grossly abused the trust placed in him by defendant’s president (who was also its principal stockholder) through his improper dealing with funds and securities placed in his custody for business purposes by various customers. These people now look to defendant under familiar agency principles to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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