Campbell v. . Wright
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department entered upon an order made February 23, 1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department entered upon an order made February 23, 1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The margin having been demanded a reasonable time before the wheat was bought in, the defendants were entitled to a verdict as a matter of law, and the submission of the question to the jury by the court was error. (Wheelock v. Tanner, 39 N. Y. 481-486; Sterling v. Jaudon, 48 Barb. 459; Milliken v. Dehon,…
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The defendants, brokers at Chicago, on the 9th day of April, 1885, pursuant to arrangement with plaintiff, who lived in the city of Mew York, sold short for the latter 50,000 bushels of wheat at the price of eighty-seven and five-eighths cents per bushel, deliverable in May following.. The defendants were represented in the city of Mew York by one Brown, and one Dawson acted for the plaintiff there. To carry out the arrangement the plaintiff deposited with Brown $1,500 on that day, and on the thirteenth April a call was made upon him for the further sum of $1,500, which was furnished on that…
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