Noyes v. Meharry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for deceit in the sale of the business and fixtures of a moving picture theatre at 147 and 149 Court Street in Boston, which the plaintiffs alleged that they on April 27, 1908, were induced to buy by false and fraudulent representations of the defendants. Amended from a bill in equity which was inserted in a common law writ dated May 20, 1908.. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Wait, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for deceit in the sale of the business and fixtures of a moving picture theatre at 147 and 149 Court Street in Boston, which the plaintiffs alleged that they on April 27, 1908, were induced to buy by false and fraudulent representations of the defendants. Amended from a bill in equity which was inserted in a common law writ dated May 20, 1908.. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Wait, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendants asked the judge to rule that the plaintiffs were not entitled to recover. The judge refused to make this…
1Opinion of the CourtRtjgg, C. J.
This is an action for deceit in the sale of a theatre. The defendants’ first contention is that a verdict should have been directed in their favor. There was evidence tending to show that one of the defendants told the plaintiffs that the net profits from the business were about $1,000 per month, and that books represented to be books of account of this business were displayed to the plaintiffs, which showed nearly that amount of profit. These books, although called for by the plaintiffs, were not produced by the defendants at the trial, and it well might have been found that faint efforts to…
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