Eldridge v. Ward
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Action by Harry Fldridge and Elwood Blessing against John G. Ward, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourteenth district of New York. Judgment for defendant (155 Fed. 253), and plaintiffs bring error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Action by Harry Fldridge and Elwood Blessing against John G. Ward, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourteenth district of New York. Judgment for defendant (155 Fed. 253), and plaintiffs bring error. On writ of error to review a judgment entered October 30, 1907, in the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York upon the decision of the court, a jury trial having been waived, dismissing the complaint, with costs. The action was brought to recover of John G. Ward, as collector of internal…
1Per curiam
But little need be added to the opinion of the judge of the Circuit Court, which carefully considers all the questions presented. He finds the following facts:
First. The plaintiffs and their New York correspondent, the Stock, Grain Sr Provision Company, were at all the times in controversy engaged in conducting, respectively, what is commonly known as a ‘'bucket shop."
Second. The plaintiffs were not the agents of the New York company, the contract between them expressly providing to that effect.
Third. The agreement between the plaintiffs and their customers was an entirely separate and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Municipal Telegraph & Stock Co. v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Municipal Telegraph & Stock Co. v. WardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Metropolitan Stock Exchange v. GillCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1912