Main v. Ring

In an action pending in the district court of Linn county, the plaintiff, one L. A. Robinson, asked for actual and exemplary damages for fraud and deceit alleged to have been practiced upon him by the defendant, W. F. Main, individually, and through his representative, Paul N. Patrick. Plaintiff alleges that he was induced by fraudulent representations to purchase a quantity of penny vending machines from the defendant. It is unnecessary to notice the particular fraudulent representations and devices alleged. It should be kept in mind, however, that the plaintiff claimed in his petition, in…