Pritchard v. . Dailey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Bond, J., at September Term, 1914, of Bertie. Civil action, tried upon these issues: 1. Did J. L. Pritchard within time fixed by the paper-writing signed by J. W. Dailey, copied in complaint, tender the certificate of stock and demand return of his $1,000 paid for the same? Answer: “No.” 2. Did defendant J. W. Dailey, by fraudulent or by false statements which he knew or should have known were false, cause and prevent J. L. Pritchard from…
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Appeal by plaintiff from Bond, J., at September Term, 1914, of Bertie. Civil action, tried upon these issues: 1. Did J. L. Pritchard within time fixed by the paper-writing signed by J. W. Dailey, copied in complaint, tender the certificate of stock and demand return of his $1,000 paid for the same? Answer: “No.” 2. Did defendant J. W. Dailey, by fraudulent or by false statements which he knew or should have known were false, cause and prevent J. L. Pritchard from surrendering said stock and demanding repayment of the $1,000 he had paid for same? Answer: “No.” 3. If so, what damage is the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrowN, J.
This action is brought to recover damages of defendant for fraud and deceit in selling to plaintiff ten shares of stock in the Southern Lime and Fertilizer Works of Washington, N. C. There was a corporation in said city called the Southern Lime Company, which was practically reorganized under the name of the Southern Lime and Fertilizer Company, and all of its property conveyed to the latter. The stockholders, officers, property, and business conducted were the same. This transpired before the transaction between the plaintiff and defendant.
In December, 1910, the defendant sold the plaintiff…
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