Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Colorado. This ivas an action originally brought by Thomas H. Barnes against the Union Pacific Railway Company to recover for alleged false representations as to the ownership of land purchased by plaintiff of defendant. The case was first heard in the court below upon demurrer to the amended complaint.
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In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Colorado. This ivas an action originally brought by Thomas H. Barnes against the Union Pacific Railway Company to recover for alleged false representations as to the ownership of land purchased by plaintiff of defendant. The case was first heard in the court below upon demurrer to the amended complaint. The judgment of the court below sustaining the demurrer was reversed upon error to this court (4 0. 0. A. 199, 51 Fed. 87), and defendant allowed to answer. Pending the action, Thomas IX. Barnes died, and S. Marcella…
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The writ of error in this case is sued out to reverse a judgment against the plaintiff in error, the Union Pacific Railway Company, for damages for false representations in the sale of a tract of land to Thomas H. Barnes. In the lifetime; of Mr. Barnes the case was before this court upon a demurrer to the complaint. It has now been tried to a jury, and the court below instructed them to return a verdict against the railway company, and upon this verdict the judgment complained of is based.
In Barnes v. Railway Co., 4 C. C. A. 199, 205, 54 Fed. 87, 92, 12 U. S. App. 1,…
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