OPPENHEIMER v. HARRIMAN NAT. BANK & TRUST CO.

No. 350.

85 F.2d 582 (1936)

OPPENHEIMER v. HARRIMAN NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. OF CITY OF NEW YORK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

August 10, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, of New York City (Edward S. Greenbaum, Newman Levy, and Benjamin Kaplan, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, of New York City (Martin Conboy, David Asch, and William J. Butler, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Frederic P. Warfield, of New York City (Alfred L. Becker, of New York City, of counsel), for Louis J. Ehret as amicus curiæ.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Henry E. Oppenheimer, was a depositor in the Harriman National Bank, of which Joseph W. Harriman was president and F. S. Williamson was a vice president. On October 28, 1930, Williamson called upon Oppenheimer, presenting a letter of introduction on bank stationery signed by Harriman. Relying upon statements made in the letter and oral statements made by Williamson, Oppenheimer was induced to purchase ten shares of stock of the...

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