Messersmith v. G.T. Murray & Co.

BROWN, Justice.

Appellee G.T. Murray and Company filed suit to recover monies it had received from the sale of stock and mistakenly paid the appellants, Daniel and Frances Messers-mith. Following a trial to the court, the judge found in appellee’s favor and ordered the money returned. From the judgment, appellants raise three issues on appeal. First, they argue the mistake was a unilateral one upon the part of appellee’s agent, and therefore it was insufficient to justify the rescission of the contract. Second, they claim that since appellee, as a stockbroker-age firm, had considerably more…