SCHOTT, Judge.
This is a suit for damages incurred by First Metropolitan Bank in connection with certificates of stock in Hycel, Inc. and Exchange Oil & Gas Corporation. Plaintiff had taken the stock in pledge from Peter A. Plaia to secure a loan. When Plaia defaulted plaintiff delivered the certificates to its broker, Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Fredricks, Inc. (hereafter "Howard") with instructions to sell the stock for plaintiff's account. But when Howard sold...
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