Sisney v. Diffenderffer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The suit is for breach of a contract of agency. The defendants are stockbrokers. The plaintiff had been buying and gelling on margin since 1919, and, July 24, 1929, in writing, requested defendants to take over an account she then had with another broker by accepting “the securities they are carrying in my account and pay them the amount of my debit balance.” The state of the account transferred appeared in a letter from the retiring broker. On the same day she signed a written contract prepared by defendants to govern their relations. Among other terms, it states…