Legal Opinion

Cragin v. Jones

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 29, 1933PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.

The defendants were stockbrokers with whom the plaintiff between August 9, 1920, and March 5, 1922, traded in stocks on a margin account. The margin consisted of Liberty bonds aggregating in par value $8,000 which were deposited with the defendants by the plaintiff from time to time between August 10, 1920, and February 18, 1921, and of stocks purchased by the defendants on the plaintiff’s order so long as they remained unsold. After October 24, 1921, which was the date of the plaintiff’s last order of sale, his account was gradually liquidated. This process was completed on March 5, 1922,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hall v. PaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  2. Smith v. New England Aircraft Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  3. McNulty v. WhitneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  4. Nelson v. Town of BelmontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  5. Snelling v. DineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co. v. HartneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  2. Fortier v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Eno v. Prime Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. Fred T. Ley & Co. v. SagalynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. DiNardo v. DovidioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942

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