Schaefer v. Dickinson

This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Municipal Court for $905, rendered in favor of the defendant in error, Schaefer, against plaintiff in error, Dickinson, on the verdict of a jury.

The facts are these: William B. Schaefer, an accountant, residing in Chicago, was dealing in stocks before and in July, 1906, and for a few weeks thereafter, through the stock broker’s office of John Dickinson, doing business as John Dickinson & Co., in that city. Dickinson has an office also in New York city. It is apparent from the whole record that the transactions were of the usual kind when…