Legal Opinion
Brewster v. Van Liew
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1886PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action brought by appellee, to recover from appellants money paid to them on a certain transaction in Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company stock.
On January 10,1884, appellants, stock-brokers in Chicago, bought for appellee one hundred shares of said stock, furnishing a statement thereof, as follows :
“Chicago, January 10, 1884.
“Dr. D. F. Van Liew:
“Dear Sir—We have this day bought, for your account and risk, one hundred Denver, at 24. This account received by telegraph. Names of parties from whom above purchase was made will be given, if desired, as soon as advices are received by…
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