Dow v. Swain
California Supreme Court
APPEAL írom a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a motion to vacate the judgment and to render judgment for the plaintiffs. J. 0. B. Hubbard, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court,
1Opinion of the CourtTemple,j.
This action was brought to enforce a rescission of a contract for fraud. It is averred that Carrie C. Dow, wife of the other plaintiff, until August 1, 1895, and until conveyance to defendant Swain, owned as her separate property a ranch in Tulare county worth $20,000. The Atlas Iron Works was a corporation with a capital stock of 100,000 shares, of the par value of $10 per share, of which 83,882 shares had been issued. August 1, 1895, plaintiffs contracted with defendant Hovey, who professed to be the agent of defendant Swain, to exchange said farm for 22,220 shares of stock in said…
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