Griffin v. Burrus

On March 19, 1926, the ap-pellee, J. R. Burrus, filed suit, cause No. 2493, in the district court of Lubbock county, Tex., against the appellant, John R. Griffin, and on March 22d thereafter filed his amended original petition, in which he alleged that in the latter part of 1909 appellant falsely and fraudulently represented to appellee and others that 5,350 acres of rich agricultural land in the republic of Mexico could be bought for $5 per acre American money; that it would be a remunerative investment for ap-pellee and the others to subscribe and pay for shares in a corporation to be…