Manley v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for deceit in the exchange of automobiles. Plea, the general issue. The case stood for trial by jury at the September Term, 1910, Windham County, Taylor, J., presiding.
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Case for deceit in the exchange of automobiles. Plea, the general issue. The case stood for trial by jury at the September Term, 1910, Windham County, Taylor, J., presiding. As the jury was about to be called, at the request of the defendant the empaneling of the jury was deferred, and the parties then began negotiations for settlement, and finally they agreed that the defendant should pay the plaintiff $300 on or before December 15, or there should be judgment for the plaintiff for that sum, and thereupon the case was entered with the court for judgment, as per stipulation, with the…
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
The declaration charges that the defendant induced the plaintiff to give him credit on an exchange of automobiles, by falsely and fraudulently representing that certain real estate owned by him was free from incumbrance, when said real estate was in fact mortgaged for its full value as the defendant well knew.
*264It appears that while the case was pending before the jury, and as the jury was about to be called, the empaneling of the jury was deferred at the request of the defendant, and that negotiations for settlement were thereupon had and the terms of settlement agreed upon, and that the case…
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