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Show ilnneety ea III. suck Ltrhange. London, July is. A caso now before be-fore the conns here raises an important impor-tant point in toward to the stock ex-i ex-i change rules. It is as to whether a I Mock broker can insist that Ins client shall accept tho delivery of a bond which is ki.owu to t'ie bicker as being an "estopped" bond. 'J he plaintiffs in this cae arc Hurler A Sons, bankers, who purchased a Spanish bund from thu firm of brokers. Sehag A: Moutetiore, and arterwards discovered ta.it tho bond bail been stolon and stopped. Several brokers testified that the rules of the Stock Exchange permitted such transactions. Lord Chief Justice Lord Coleridge thereupon Hterulv declared de-clared that the dealiugs of the Stork Exchange appeared to be devoid of tha principle of common business honesty. The trial resulted iu a verdict for tiie plaintiff. |