Ehrich v. Guaranty Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, William J. Ehrich and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of November, 1918, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiffs’ case.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The action is for damages claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiffs by reason of the fact that ten certificates of shares of the capital stock of the Laclede Gas Light Company were forgeries. Plaintiffs’ claim is based on defendant’s negligence.
In November, 1911, the Standard Trust Company of New York was the transfer agent for certificates of stock of the Laclede Gas Light Company, and as such agent had possession of the certificate books of that company containing certificates of stock duly sealed with the corporate seal and signed by the proper officers with blanks for the…
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