Economy Hog & Cattle Powder Co. v. Compton

Appellees sued appellants for fraud and deceit. Appellant company is a foreign corporation whose home is at Shenandoah, Iowa. Appellant Rodgers is the company’s district agent at Franklin, Indiana. In substance and effect the complaint alleges that appellants falsely* represented by printed advertisements and verbal statements that their “Economy Stock Powder” was beneficial for conditioning hogs, and particularly good for brood sows; that appellees relied on these representations, purchased the powder and fed it to their brood sows which were in health; that the powder made them sick and…