F. H. Smith Co. v. Low

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court, entered upon the verdict of a jury, awarding appellee, Frank M. Low, damages in the sum of $35,000 in an action for fraud and deceit, brought by him against appellants, the F. H. Smith Company and J. Eris Powell.

' Appellee, as plaintiff below, charged in his declaration that in the year 1923 the defendants,. the F. H. Smith Company and J. Eris Powell, its president, were actively engaged in the real estate business in the District of Columbia, and defendant Powell was skilled and experienced in matters pertaining to…