Wells v. Welch

Plaintiffs sued to recover back' the purchase price paid to defendant for twenty-two head of hogs,- purchased from defendant, on the alleged ground that said hogs were diseased at the time of such sale. Plaintiffs alleged that defendant “represented and stated” that these hogs were sound and healthy and that plaintiffs relied thereon in purchasing same and had no knowledge to the contrary; that said hogs were in fact diseased and infected with hog cholera from which they soon died and that the defendant knew at the time of such sale that said- hogs were infected with hog cholera or some other…