Campbell v. Gooch

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

W. T. Campbell brought this action against H. B. Gooch and H. C. Cooper to recover damages for alleged fraudulent representations by the defendants concerning the sale and purchase of plaintiff’s interest in certain oil and gas leases. A motion of the defendants to strike out the principal parts of the plaintiff’s petition was sustained and later the court dismissed the action. Plaintiff appeals.

*457The principal allegations of the petition are that the plaintiff, Gooch, L. R. Goudie, C. E. Hudson and others had purchased two oil-and-gas…