Stratford v. . Jones
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Hew York, in favor of defendants, entered upon an order made April 3, 1882, which overruled plaintiff’s exceptions and directed judgment upon a verdict rendered in. pursuance of the directions of the court. (Reported below, 16 J. & S. 185.) This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged conversion of two hundred shares of Hew Jersey Central railroad stock.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Hew York, in favor of defendants, entered upon an order made April 3, 1882, which overruled plaintiff’s exceptions and directed judgment upon a verdict rendered in. pursuance of the directions of the court. (Reported below, 16 J. & S. 185.) This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged conversion of two hundred shares of Hew Jersey Central railroad stock. Defendant set up as a defense a discharge in bankruptcy. The material facts are stated in the opinion. At least a prima facie case of fraud was…
1Opinion of the CourtRapallo, J.
The plaintiff appears to have had dealings with the defendants as stock brokers, in the course of which they bought and sold stocks and gold for him and he deposited money with them. On the 1st of July, 1878, they bought on his order, and for his account, two hundred shares of stock of the Bew Jersey Central Railroad Company at a cost of $7,800. The plaintiff claims that when this stock was bought he had enough money to his credit with the defendants to pay for it. The plaintiff, who was the only witness examined in the case, testified that he did not know how much money he had with…
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