Camp v. Bonsal
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina; Henry G. Connor, Judge. Suit by Clarence Camp, and others, as executors of W. N. Camp, deceased, against W. R. Bonsai and another. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal. Affirmed as to defendant R. E. Brewer, and reversed as to defendant W. R. Bonsai.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
W. N. Camp filed this bill. He was a citizen of Florida, and. has since died. The appellants are his executors. It is admitted that, if he -could maintain this suit, they can. He com*915plained that he had been fraudulently induced to purchase timber, lands and timber rights. He seeks to rescind the purchase and to recover $38,000 he paid for them. It will tend to clearness if both he and his executors are referred to as the buyer. The bill named two respondents. One of them, W. R. Bonsai, is a citizen of North Carolina, and an inhabitant of the Eastern district of that…
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