Gillespie v. Hunt

Opinion ry

Mr. Justice Simpson,

By agreement, these twelve actions for deceit were tried together before the president judge of the court below, without a jury; his findings were in favor of all the plaintiffs; exceptions thereto were dismissed and, from the judgments entered for plaintiffs, these twelve appeals were taken by defendants. They were argued together here, and will be decided in a single opinion.

The court below found that defendants, owning a controlling interest in a syndicate which had leased forty acres of land in what is known as the Miami Lead and Zinc field, situated in…