LEACH & CO. v. PEIRSON

No. 78.

275 U.S. 120 (1927)

LEACH & COMPANY, INC. v. PEIRSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis Rawle, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Henderson was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. John A. Brown, with whom Mr. Henry P. Brown was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit by Peirson against the petitioner upon an alleged agreement to repurchase, at any time and at the purchase price, bonds sold by the petitioner to the plaintiff. The petitioner is a bond house doing a large business, and the only evidence of its having made such a contract was the testimony of the plaintiff that...

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