Long v. Woodman
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions to the ruling of Goddard, Jof the superior court of the county of Cumberland. Tlie declaration, omitting the description of the land, was as follows: In a plea of the case ; for that the said defendant, on the 6th day of March, 1868, with intent, then and there, to cheat and defraud the plaintiff, together with one George W. Reed, induced the plaintiff to convey to them, the defendant and said Reed, certain real estate of the property of the plaintiff, and of…
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On exceptions to the ruling of Goddard, Jof the superior court of the county of Cumberland. Tlie declaration, omitting the description of the land, was as follows: In a plea of the case ; for that the said defendant, on the 6th day of March, 1868, with intent, then and there, to cheat and defraud the plaintiff, together with one George W. Reed, induced the plaintiff to convey to them, the defendant and said Reed, certain real estate of the property of the plaintiff, and of the value of fifteen hundred dollars, described in tlie plaintiff’s deed to tlie defendant and said Reed, as follows: ...…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
This is an action on the case for deceit. The defendant has filed a special demurrer to the declaration, which has been joined. The only inquiry arising is whether it sets forth any cause of action.
When stripped of all inculpatory phraseology, the declaration alleges the following facts: that on the 6th day of March, 1868, the defendant, and one George W. Reed, induced the plaintiff to convey to them certain real estate, described in the writ, by lending to him (the plaintiff) two hundred and thirty-six dollars, and by promising to give him a bond to reconvey the property in two years, upon…
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