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Blackburn v. Witter
Citation:
201 Cal. App. 2d 518 (1962)Facts
Respondent is the widow of a dairy farmer who died in 1954. She was introduced to Mr. Long, an employee of Walston & Company. Respondent was without business experience, and had no family to advise her. During 1957, while employed by Walston, Long persuaded Mrs. Blackburn to invest in a nonexistent company which he called American Commercial Investment Company. She obtained the money to invest by selling some of her stock through Long acting as agent for his employer. For the money invested Long gave respondent commercial rediform receipts. Mrs. Blackburn testified that she had confidence in Long. Respondent also testified that she believed Long’s representation that he was acting for his employer and that the investment was recommended as the result of research conducted by the brokerage companies.
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