Franklin v. Hoadley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Separate appeals by the defendants, Joseph H. Hoadley and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of April, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from respective orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day. of April, 1909, denying the defendants’ respective motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The plaintiffs are stockbrokers and the action is brought to recover damages sustained by them in a stock transaction. The complaint alleges that prior to March, 1902, the defendants entered into an agreement with each other whereby they formed a combination, known as' a pool, for the purpose of controlling the market price of the stock 'of the International Power Company by means of purchases and sales, and “whereby it was further agreed that the whole or greater part ” of such purchases and sales “ should be conducted in the name of the defendant Judson individually and that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Franklin v. HoadleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Franklin v. HoadleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
3Cited by2 opinions
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