People v. Woods
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County. Rex B. Goodcell, Judge. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWilbur, C. J.
The defendant sold a worthless desert lot to one Prances A. Nelson. In order to induce her to purchase the lot he represented to her that the land was oil land, stating that there was oil there; that they were now putting up a derrick on the land; that they would soon be drilling for oil and that it would be but a short time before the purchaser would be getting money out of it; that there was a little town on the land and that there was plenty of water there. There was no town there, there was no water in the vicinity except in the Los Angeles aqueduct and that was not available; there was…
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