Sherrick v. Wyland

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

Appellees sued appellant to recover damages for fraud and deception practiced upon them by appellant in the sale of lots in Houston. The alleged fraud consisted -of the representation that the title was clear, and that the lots were free from incumbrances, and the concealment of the fact that there existed upon them a vendor’s lien in favor of parties from whom appellant had purchased. The damages alleged consisted of a fee of one hundred dollars, paid by appellees to an attorney to procure from the holders of the lien a release thereof, after appellees had learned…