Marks v. Fields

Appellees, as plaintiffs in the lower court, recovered judgment against the appellants as the result of a jury verdict. Plaintiffs' declaration was in one count and stated an action of deceit. The suit arose out of a transaction wherein plaintiffs had accepted from defendants a written lease covering a vacant lot in the City of Pensacola, which plaintiffs intended to use in the sale of second hand automobiles. They complained that defendants had orally represented that the zoning ordinance of the city did not prohibit the use of the property for that purpose. After acceptance of the lease…