Buck v. Houghtaling
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Henrietta L. Buck, from a judgment df the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 29th day of December, 1904, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
On May 6, 1901, the plaintiff ordered the defendants, who are stockbrokers, to sell “ short” 100 shares of Northern Pacific Kailway Company stock. The market went against the plaintiff, and upon demand she increased her “margin” of $1,500 deposited on May 6th by a further sum of $1,500. On May 9th the opening price of this stock was 170 ; at eleven a. m. it increased to 700 and more; between twelve-forty-five p. m. and two p. m. it decreased to 500, and thereafter fluctuated between that figure and 325, which was the price at the closing of the Stock Exchange. On May 9th, some time…
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