Cahn v. Reid
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, Hon. F. M. Black, J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. I. The court erred in refusing instruction numbered one, asked by plaintiff, which is as follows: “The court instructs the jury that even though the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff ever made inquiries concerning the land, of other parties, before he received the deed for it, yet if they believe that while the defendants knowingly made false…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, Hon. F. M. Black, J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. I. The court erred in refusing instruction numbered one, asked by plaintiff, which is as follows: “The court instructs the jury that even though the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff ever made inquiries concerning the land, of other parties, before he received the deed for it, yet if they believe that while the defendants knowingly made false representations as to the value of the land, which were relied on by the plaintiff (as being theirs), and were one of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Ellison, J.
This is an action of replevin to recover possession of a stock of hair goods, consisting of switches, puffs, curls, frizzes, fronts, bangs, etc., given to defendant in exchange for eighty acres of land in Allen county, Kansas. The plaintiff bases his suit on the fraud of defendant in misrepresenting the description and value of the land; the sole issue being one of fraud. The action was dismissed as to defendant, Reid. It has doubtless been a troublesome case, as, beginning in 1878, there have been five trials, before three nisi prius judges, the plaintiff, as he states,…
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