Hunter v. Randall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. The plaintiff was a farmer with considerable money at interest, and the defendant, who was also accustomed to let out quite large sums of money, was professedly a friend of Mr. Hunter, in whom Hunter placed great confidence in regard to the investment of his surplus funds.
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On exceptions. The plaintiff was a farmer with considerable money at interest, and the defendant, who was also accustomed to let out quite large sums of money, was professedly a friend of Mr. Hunter, in whom Hunter placed great confidence in regard to the investment of his surplus funds. Ezekiel Oliver, who, for several years prior to the transactions out of which the present litigation originated, had borrowed frequently of Randall, at high rates of interest, and was largely indebted to Randall and others, beyond his ability to pay, in 1868, built a mill upon leased land, at Parker’s Head.…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
In our view of the facts of this case, the instruction complained of was erroneous. There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff made certain loans to one Ezekiel Oliver; that he was induced to do so by means of certain false and fradulent oral representations, made by the defendant, concerning the financial credit and ability of Oliver; that the money was paid by the plaintiff into the hands of the defendant, as the bailee or agent of Oliver, and immediately passed by him to his principal.
*426The jury, among other things, were instructed, substantially, that it was immaterial whether…
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