Legal Opinion
Gill v. Hornblower
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1936PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
On December 7, 1931, the plaintiff’s testatrix went to the offices of the defendants, who were stockbrokers in Boston, and gave them an order to buy for her five hundred shares of the common stock without par value of Electric Bond and Share Company, at $15 a share, for which she was to pay cash. The purchase was made on the New York Curb Exchange in New York, of which the defendants were members. Afterwards, on December 8, 1931, the defendants sent the plaintiff’s testatrix a bill for the price, $7,500 plus a commission of $62.50, which she paid on December 9, 1931. The defendants on the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Kneeland v. EmertonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Pizer v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Chase v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Colpitts v. L. C. Fisher Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Rice v. WinslowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HullMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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- Commonwealth v. AnthonyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Standard Oil Co. v. MarkhamDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
- Streissguth v. Chase Securities Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
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