Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Winslow
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 6, 1935PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is an action in conversion, plaintiff claiming that defendants breached their trust as her agents by converting to their own use certain securities which she had pledged with them as brokers, by selling to themselves said securities without her knowledge. Defendants’ brief says: “ We concede that the defendants had no right to purchase the plaintiff’s securities for their own account. We do not believe that anyone will claim, however, that the defendants acted fraudulently.” And defendants seek to *172avoid the effects of the conversion by saying that “ this method of dealing in unlisted…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Irwin v. WilliarSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Hall v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Duncomb v. . N.Y., H. N.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Rickerson v. . Hartford Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Taussig v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Gins v. Mauser Plumbing Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Opper v. Hancock Securities CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- L. A. Grant Realty, Inc. v. CuomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Union Bank of Switzerland v. HS Equities, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Johnson v. WinslowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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