Skinner v. Melton

W. M. Skinner sued T. R. Melton for alleged fraud and deceit. The amended petition alleged substantially: that on February 28, 1949, plaintiff and defendant entered into a timber agreement, a copy of which is attached to the petition; that defendant represented to plaintiff that he was the owner of a lease to certain timber rights on certain described property; that defendant, in inducing plaintiff to enter into said timber lease, went^with plaintiff to the premises supposedly to be covered by said timber lease, and pointed out to plaintiff the purported boundaries of said property; that…