Claughton v. Bear Stearns & Co.

397 Pa. 480 (1959)

Claughton, Appellant,

v.

Bear Stearns & Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 6, 1959.

October 21, 1959.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

Francis W. Sullivan, with him Sydney C. Orlofsky, and Strong, Sullivan, Saylor & Ferguson, for appellant.

Owen B. Rhoads, with him Norma L. Shapiro, and Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, October 21, 1959:

This appeal involves a question of the fidelity and loyalty to its principal of a stock brokerage concern which acted as agent for a decedent's…