Ryman v. Gerlach
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, William P. Ryman, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1891, No. 173, on verdict for defendants, William Gerlach et al., trading aa Gerlach & Harjes. Trespass for conversion of stock. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial, before Gordon, J., the court gave binding instructions for defendants. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, William P. Ryman, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1891, No. 173, on verdict for defendants, William Gerlach et al., trading aa Gerlach & Harjes. Trespass for conversion of stock. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial, before Gordon, J., the court gave binding instructions for defendants. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was above instruction, quoting it. The case was originally argued on March 81,1892, Sterrett and McCollum, JJ., being absent, by Preston K.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Dean,
This suit was brought by Ryman, plaintiff, against Gerlach & Harjes, defendants, to recover the market value of certain bonds *202and stock, which plaintiff averred belonged to him, and defendants wrongfully converted to their use. The statement is in trover.
Plaintiff is a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., defendants are stockbrokers in Philadelphia. Henry Bodmer, who, although not a party of record, was an active party in the transactions resulting in this litigation, is a stockbroker with an office at Wilkes-Barre. Bodmer and defendants were correspondents in the…
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