Johnson v. S. W. Straus & Co.

For some years plaintiff had been in the habit of depositing small sums in a savings account with the defendant. When the amount of the fund reached $500 she would customarily purchase a bond from defendant. A short time prior to November 25, 1925, plaintiff told a representative of the defendant that she had some stock which she wished to sell and invest the proceeds in bonds. *258On November 25, 1925, about one o’clock in the afternoon, following some conversation earlier in the day, in which defendant agreed to take care of the sale without brokerage charge provided she invested the proceeds…