Legal Opinion
Wrenn v. Moskin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 1929PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtProskauer, J.
Plaintiffs, constituting the firm of Wrenn Bros. & Co., are brokers and members of the New York Stock Exchange. In October, 1925, the defendant Moskin entered into a joint venture with Henry M. Brooks and Irving H. Hare to speculate in Devoe & Raynolds common stock, Class A. An account of the joint venture was opened with Wrenn Bros. & Co. by Brooks in the name of “ Henry M. Brooks and Julius Moskin.” Plaintiffs were unacquainted with Moskin and never saw him. The authority of Brooks to trade upon this account was fixed by the following writmg: “
“ November Sixth, 1925.
“ Wrenn Bros. & Co.,
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- Fluor Corp. v. United States ex rel. Mosher Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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- Fluor Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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