Glaspie v. Keator
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This was an action by Jerman S. Keator and Benjamin C. Keator against.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This was an action by Jerman S. Keator and Benjamin C. Keator against. John Glaspie, in which plaintiffs had judgment, and defendant brings error.0 Statement by THAYER, District Judge: The defendants in error (hereafter spoken of as Keator & Son) sued the plaintiff in error for fraud and deceit practiced in the sale of three tracts of pine lands situated on the St. Croix river, in the state of Minnesota, aggregating about 4,640 acres. Defendants in error are citizens of Illinois, and the plaintiff in error is a…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, District Judge
It is insisted, among other things, that the circuit court ei*red in refusing to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the plain tiff in error, on the ground that he was not shown to have been guilty of any fraud or deceit. We are of the opinion that this position is untenable.
There was evidence which Cully warranted the finding that Keator & Son had heen induced by St. John to make ihe purchase of the pine lands in question, by means of the options, and by means of estimates and representations as to the amount of pine timber growing on the lands, which were at least believed to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bennett v. . JudsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Humphrey v. MerriamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Savage v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Buford v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1834
- Clark v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
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