Legal Opinion
Britton v. Marks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 12, 1905PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by Charles P. Britton and another against Harriet L. Marks. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtJenks, J.
The action is upon a guaranty. The plaintiffs, who are stockholders, demanded more margin from their customer Mrs. Isham, with whom they had been, dealing for some time, and for whom they then held certain shares of stock bought by them on her account. The defendant, who then knew of the previous and *829present relations of the brokers and this customer, subscribed and delivered to the plaintiffs this writing:
“Referring to the $1,000 which I sent you in October, 1902, I beg to advise you that I have no further interest in the said money, and that Mrs. Juliet C. Isham is the only person to whom…
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