Porter v. Stone
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall Circuit Co%irt. Action at law to recover damages sustained by a fraudulent conspiracy of tlie defendants, whereby plaintiff was induced to execute his negotiable promissory notes to defendants, which they transferred before maturity. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. The facts of the case, so far as they are necessary for a full understanding of the questions decided, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. We will consider the objections to the judgment urged by defendants’ counsel in the order of their discussion in argument.
The petition declares upon fraudulent representations made by defendants, inducing plaintiff to enter, into a contract for the sale of fence posts and wire for fencing. It is alleged that he was induced to enter into the contract through a conspiracy of the defendants to cheat and defraud him. The allegations of the petition are denied by defendants.
The defendants first insist that the evidence fails to support the verdict, and that there is an absence of proof of i.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Conwell v. HouseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Henderson v. BallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
- Zimmerman v. BrannonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Ball v. GrismoreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1922
- Wilkinson v. DilenbeckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
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