Williams v. Beltz
Supreme Court of Delaware
Writ of Error to Superior Court, New Castle County. Action by Henry L. Williams against John Beltz and another. To review a judgment for defendants, plaintiff brings error. Judgment set aside as to the named defendant, and new trial awarded as to him.
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Writ of Error to Superior Court, New Castle County. Action by Henry L. Williams against John Beltz and another. To review a judgment for defendants, plaintiff brings error. Judgment set aside as to the named defendant, and new trial awarded as to him. See same case below, 6 Boyce 554, 101 Atl. 905. The action in assumpsit was begun by a foreign attachment, and the declaration alleged that the defendants knowing the plaintiff to be a prospective purchaser of shares of stock of the Great Western Lead Manufacturing Company, and to induce him to buy the stock falsely and fraudulently represented…
1Opinion of the Court
Curtis, Chancellor,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The main question raised is whether the court below rightly instructed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. Deceit was the basis of the action, and the deceit alleged was the withholding from the plaintiff, as the prospective purchaser of shares of stock of a lead mining company, of information sought by him as to the financial standing of the company before becoming a purchaser thereof. In the court below, after both sides had concluded their testimony, the jury were instructed to find a verdict for the defendant.
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