Farrar v. Paine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for the conversion of five shares of stock. Answer, a general denial. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Sheldon, J., who found for the plaintiff, assessing damages in the sum of $1.81; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in November, 1898, and after-wards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action for the conversion of five shares of stock. We assume, for purposes of decision, that the conversion is to be taken as established by the finding, *59and the question raised by the bill of exceptions is whether the judge who tried the case was right in allowing the defendants to recoup damages to which they have been found entitled, and which they contend arose out of the same transaction. The defendants are brokers, and held the stock as margin for a purchase ordered by the plaintiff. They called on the plaintiff for additional margin, which she failed to furnish, and…
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