Epp v. Hinton

*514The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

C. C. Epp brought an action against Charles R. Hinton and others, alleging that they had defrauded him by misrepresentations made as an inducement to the purchase of real estate. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $14,500 and interest, as damages, and the defendants appeal.

The transaction out of which the controversy grows was an exchange of lands, the plaintiff paying boot of $20,000 in secured notes, which passed into other hands. The lands conveyed to the plaintiff were situated in Colorado. The substance of his contention is that…