Fosdick v. Sturges

■' MeLEAN, Circuit Justice.

This action is brought to recover the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars, which was paid by the plaintiff to the defendant for stock in the Hillsboro and Cincinnati Railroad Company, on the ground of fraud.

The declaration states that on the 3d of January, 1S53, the Hillsboro and Cincinnati Railroad Company were engaged in extending and maintaining their line of road to the Ohio river, at or nearly opposite Parkers-burg, in Virginia; that the issue and disposal of the stock were vested in the directors for the time being; that Sturges, the defendant, entered into an…