Chalmers Motor Co. v. Maibaum

This is a writ of error sued out by Charles Maihaum to reverse a judgment of $657.15, recovered in the Municipal Court of Chicago by the Chalmers Motor Company of Illinois against him on April 3, 1912. The action was in tort, and in the “statement of claim” the plaintiff averred that June 14, 1911, Maihaum agreed in writing to buy an automobile of the plaintiff for $1,500 in cash and the transfer of a secondhand automobile owned by him, and that on June 23, 1911, he induced the plaintiff to cancel said agreement by means of certain false and fraudulent representations. Thereby, the…