Noel v. Hughes

This is an action at law to recover damages resulting to plaintiff from fraud and deceit practiced on him by defendant. A trial resulted in a verdict and judgment- for plaintiff in the sum of $456.50 and the cause is here on the appeal of defendant.

The facts of the case are as follows: Defendant was indebted to plaintiff, a merchant, of Paris, Monroe county, in the sum of $169.30, of which $151.50 was for borrowed money. He applied to plaintiff for more money and offered to sell plaintiff at face value a promissory note of $350 given him by a neighboring farmer and secured by a deed of trust…