Reiger v. Worth.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by A. W. Redger against the Worth Company, heard by Judge Thos. A. McNeill and a jury, at the September Term, 1901, of the Superior Court- of Brunswick: County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant ap>-pealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The defendant company offered for sale in the Wilmington newspapers a quantity of rice, represented to be excellent seed-rice, and the plaintiff having seen the advertisement, called at the company's place of business, and after looking at the rice to see if there was any of a red color amongst it, and finding none, purchased 125 bushels to plant his crop. At the same time one of the company’s managers, or agents, assured the plaintiff that the rice was good seed-rice. The plaintiff testified that he bought it, relying solely upon the defendant’s representations, and not knowing himself…
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