Davis v. Cauffiel

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

In March, 1917, defendant, who was interested in, and acting as fiscal agent for, a mining company called the Copper Tungsten Company, induced plaintiff to purchase 1,200 shares of the company’s capital stock, agreeing, according to plaintiff, that if plaintiff became dissatisfied with the investment, he, defendant, would re turn plaintiff’s money with interest. In the spring of 1918 defendant induced plaintiff to purchase 565 additional shares of the same stock, under an oral promise that if the stock did not pay twice or three times what plaintiff’s farm in…