Williams v. Beltz
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of deceit, begun by foreign attachment, by Henry L. Williams against John Beltz and Francis E. McGillick. Directed verdict for defendants. Motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment denied. The plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the defendants, for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation by the defendants with respect to the sale of stock in a mining company to the plaintiff.
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Action of deceit, begun by foreign attachment, by Henry L. Williams against John Beltz and Francis E. McGillick. Directed verdict for defendants. Motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment denied. The plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the defendants, for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation by the defendants with respect to the sale of stock in a mining company to the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims that John Beltz, one of the defendants, owned the mining interests in, and was engaged in the development of, a lead mine in Galena, Illinois; that Beltz was in need of money for…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
[1] The seventeenth prayer of the defendants is in the following language:
“That under all the evidence in this case it is the duty of the court to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendants.”
*557As a preliminary statement, we will say that it is admitted by counsel for the plaintiff and defendants that, as the alleged fraudulent 'concealment of the liabilities of the company, the sale of the stock and the circumstances surrounding the same, took place in the State of Pennsylvania, the law of that state in so far as the same may be applicable to the facts in this case, should control…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Smith v. BollesSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Morse v. HutchinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Nysewander v. LowmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Whitney v. . AllaireNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
- Gustafson v. RustemeyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
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