Stratton v. Meredith

Ryan, C.

This action was brought in the district court of Douglas county for the recovery of damages which the plaintiff in said court averred that he had sustained by reason of the fraud and deceit practiced upon him by the defendants. It was alleged by the plaintiff in his petition that he had been the owner of a certain lot in Omaha; that the defendants conspired fraudulently to obtain from said plaintiff a conveyance of his interest in said lot, for which purpose defendant Wilkinson offered to exchange for plaintiff’s said interest two notes of $400 each, secured by a mortgage on certain…