Cornell v. Crane

This is an action for money had and received. Although the record is voluminous, the real issues determined by the jury were simple, the facts are not much complicated, and the rules of law governing the case are well understood. The case, as made by plaintiff, was that in March, 1893, defendant held a mortgage of $2,200 on 160 acres of land in Van Burén county, which he represented was a first mortgage, and that the property was good security; that he at the time furnished to plaintiff a statement in writing, setting forth the facts in regard to the value of the land, in which appeared a…