Helm v. Ennis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Thomas A. Ennis and another, composing the firm of Ennis & Stoppani, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of January, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of January, 1904, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The defendants were stockbrokers and members of the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange of New York. The plaintiff was one of their customers. On the 26th day of September and 5th day of November, 1902, and 3d day of March, 1903, respectively, the plaintiff directed the defendants to purchase certain stocks for him on margins. On each occasion they promptly reported to him that they had purchased the stock. and rendered an account charging him with the purchase price and commissions. They subsequently rendered statements showing that they had credited him with a dividend…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Caswell v. . PutnamNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
- Shiel v. StonehamAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912
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