Steele v. Leopold
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the defendants, James M. Leopold and another, as copartners, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff against the said defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of March, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
On the 21st day of July, 1902, Edward E. Gwynne, now deceased, was acting as the executor of the estate of Louise Gwynne, deceased, and had a large amount-of money to his credit as such executor in the Fifth Avenue Trust Company in the city of New York. On that day he drew a check on this account in his name as executor, payable to the order of the appellants, under their firm name of James M. Leopold & Co., who were conducting the business of stockbrokers as copartners and delivered it to them, and thereupon he opened an account with them in his name as executor for the purpose…
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