Stockham v. Cheney

The plaintiff claimed in his declaration in this case that the defendant falsely and fraudulently represented to him, in February, 1881, that he was the owner in fee-simple of seventy acres of land, known as the Underhill farm, in the township of Sparta, Kent county, and that he had a good title thereto free and clear from all incumbrances, except a mortgage of about $1,500, known as the Scott mortgage; that his title was “ all straight ” and “ all right,” and that he would give defendant a good title; that the plaintiff, being ignorant of the title, and unable to ascertain personally from an…