National Steel Furnace Co. v. Watson

In this action at law plaintiff seeks to recover damages from defendant for alleged fraud and deceit. Only the second count of the declaration in trespass on the case is involved, plaintiff having abandoned the first count in assumpsit in the circuit court. The case was heard without a jury, judgment was entered for defendant, and plaintiff has appealed.

In brief, plaintiff’s action is based upon alleged misrepresentations by defendant Watson to the Star Cutter Company and its president, Mr. Howard B. Lawton. In the fall of 1933 defendant and Mr. Law-ton had numerous interviews or conferences…