Edelman v. Latshaw
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1894, No. 140, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for deceit.
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Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1894, No. 140, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for deceit. From tbe record it appeared that tbe suit was brought to recover in damages tbe value of 600 shares of stock of tbe New York and Middle Coalfield Railroad and Coal Company and certain other stocks which plaintiffs claim were acquired by defendant from them by fraudulent misrepresentations and deceit. ’ Tbe facts of tbe case appear by tbe opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
This action was brought to recover damages for a deceit practiced by the defendant to induce a sale by the plaintiffs to him of certain shares of stock, and it presents an unusual state of facts. The defendant, Samuel B. Latshaw, was an executor of the will of his father, Daniel Latshaw. Among the assets that came into his hands as executor were seven hundred and fifty shares of stock in the New York and Middle Coalfield Railroad and Coal Mining Company, fifteen hundred shares of the Orion Silver Mining Company, and five hundred shares of the Montana Cold and…
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