Krstovic v. Van Buren
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Charles H. Van Burén and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 1st day of June, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1921, denying defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Kirk, J.:
The action is brought for the conversion of securities belonging to plaintiff, which were in the hands of the defendants and were sold by the defendants without notice to the plaintiff. John D. Kline and the defendants, constituting the firm of Van Burén & Co., a stockbrokerage firm, one or more of whom were members of the Consolidated Exchange, entered into an agreement by which Kline, not a member of the Exchange, should procure and open an office in Kingston, N. Y., in and through which customers should deal in stocks. Kline was to pay all the expenses of the Kingston office,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. JonesNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Talmage v. . Third Nat'l B'k of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Ring v. Long Island Real Estate Exchange & Investment Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Ring v. . HowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Zinke v. Zinke's EstateNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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