Legal Opinion
Smith v. Bear
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 4, 1956No. 225, Docket 23863PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
The action here was brought on January 10, 1950 in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, by DeLancey C. Smith, a resident of California, against eight defendants, as individuals and as co-partners of the New York City brokerage firm of Bear, Stearns & Co. Smith sued as assignee of the claims of F. E. Hesthal Co., Inc., a California corporation of which he was president, and as assignee of the claims of one Curtis Day, also a resident of California. The complaint seeks damages on four causes of action: two for breach of alleged oral contracts,…
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