Crummer v. Wilson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

R. E. Crummer brought this action against Walter E. Wilson personally for damages on account of misrepresentations said to have been made while the defendant was the state bank commissioner. This appeal is from the overruling of a general de*83murrer to the petition, which sets out substantially the grounds relied upon in a suit by the same plaintiff on the defendant’s official bond {ante, p. 68).

The present action is brought because the total damages claimed exceed the amount of the bond. The plaintiff pleads that he was induced by false…