Watkins v. Mertz
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, P.J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover for fraud and deceit. It is alleged in the original petition: that the defendants, Mertz, who is the plaintiff’s only brother, Copeland, Mertz’s overseer, falsely and fraudulently misrepresented to her the quantity and value of the timber on the plaintiff’s land in Washington County, Georgia, and thereby induced the plaintiff to sell the land, including the timber thereon, to the defendant Mertz, her brother, to her injury and damage; that the defendants well knew the value and quantity of the timber on the plaintiff’s land, but the plaintiff had no experience…
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