E. F. Hutton & Co. v. Nourse

Action of contract to recover the sum of $4,586.57. The plaintiff in its declaration alleges that the defendant ordered it to sell certain securities for her account, that the plaintiff executed the order and remitted the proceeds to the defendant but that the defend*189ant failed to deliver the securities which 'she had ordered to be sold.

There was evidence that in 1964 the husband of the defendant passed away. In his estate were certificates representing 138 shares of common stock of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Atlas”. In the fall of 1964…