Porter v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Vanderburgh, J., presiding, overruling their demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The complaint alleges that in May, 1877, the defendants owned six certain lots in an addition to Minneapolis, and, to induce plaintiff and one Libby to purchase the same, and with intent to cheat and defraud them, falsely and fraudulently represented to them that the lots extended out to and fronted on Twenty-first avenue south, and Minnehaha avenue, and thence back to an alley through the centre of the block, and were about the ordinary size of lots in that vicinity — to wit, about fifty feet front by about one hundred and fifty-seven feet deep; and that, believing in said representations,…
2Cited by18 opinions
- Stearns v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Roberts v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Olson v. OrtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Griffin v. FarrierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Redding v. WrightSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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