Pittsburg Life & Trust Co. v. Northern Cent. Life Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
At Law. On rule to show cause why compulsory nonsuit should not be taken off.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.1
This is an action of deceit, based upon alleged misrepresentations made in the course of a sale by the defendants to the plaintiffs of their property and business. A compulsory *890nonsuit was entered at the trial and the question is whether this was justified. It appears from the evidence, that sometime early in 1903, the plaintiff company, which was then recently organized, being desirous of getting hold of an established business, made inquiry, through Mr. Baldwin, its vice president and general manager, of Mr. M. M. Dawson, who was its consulting actuary, whether he…
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