McCue v. Hope

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

B. M. McCue and J. W. Hope were the owners of the stock of a corporation. Hope sold his stock to McCue under a written contract which referred to a statement thereto attached, which purported to show the financial condition of the company. McCue brought an action against Hope on the ground that, some existing liabilities of the company were not referred to in the statement, the correctness of which had been guaranteed by the defendant. A demurrer to the petition (or to the portion of it relating to this matter) was sustained by the trial…