Esmar v. Haeussler

Action by a customer against his broker, located in St. Louis, Missouri, for an accounting covering transactions between June, 1929, and September, 1931, involving the purchase and sale of securities effected through the instrumentality of the broker's correspondent in New York City.

[1] Our jurisdiction over the appeal challenges our attention. If we have jurisdiction, it is because the amount in dispute exceeds $7,500 or the case involves a construction of the Constitution of the United States. The appellate jurisdiction of this court and of the Courts of Appeal is determinable from the…