Fine v. Unschuld

The defendant appeals from a judgment in the sum of $2,500, entered on the verdict of a jury. Plaintiff’s action was begun April 30, 1942, by filing a statement of claim of fourteen paragraphs, unverified. The substance of the averments made was that defendant had cheated and defrauded plaintiff through misrepresentations upon which she relied, by which $2,500 was wrongfully obtained from her. The statement says defendant falsely alleged that he owned the Paquette Mine situated at Shullsburg, Wisconsin; that he had full knowledge of the operation of the mining project; that he expected…