Parker v. Moulton

This is an action of tort. The defendant demurs to the declaration, which, in the first count, alleges in substance that the defendant, intending to defraud the plaintiff, represented that he owned a dwelling-house, in good repair and well finished, upon a lot of land in Somerville, of the value of $2000, with several other lots of level land in Melrose, near the railroad station, each of the value of $200; that the plaintiff had no opportunity to see these lots, but relying on the representations of the.defendant, agreed to exchange certain real estate he owned in Canada for the defendant’s…