Jaynes v. Jaynes

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury. An appeal from an order of nonsuit in favor of defendant Frankie Dale Jaynes has been abandoned. This appeal concerns only the first cause of action of plaintiff’s complaint, wherein it was alleged that plaintiff, a 69-year-old woman inexperienced in business affairs, was induced by defendant, the brother of her deceased husband, to sell to defendant and his wife her shares in a family corporation which was engaged in the newspaper publishing business; that the inducement was by way of false representation as to…