Dalton v. Hill

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an action to recover damages for fraud alleged to have been committed by the defendants in acquiring 72 shares of *389stock of the Lawrence Paper Company from the plaintiff at a sale price of far less than its fair actual value. The appeal is from an order of the trial court overruling a demurrer to the amended petition.

The action was commenced on June 10, 1948, by the filing of a petition. Motions to strike portions of this pleading were filed by each of the two persons named therein as defendants. They were only partially sustained.…