National Bank v. Hamilton

This is an action in trespass on the case brought by appellee against appellant based on claimed false representations made in a letter from appellant to appellee relative to the financial standing and ability of the Hoopeston Malleable Iron Works of Hoopeston, Illinois, for the purpose of inducing appellee to make a loan of $7,500 to said iron works, which false and fraudulent representations it is alleged appellee believed and relied upon and on the strength of which it made the loan, and also based on the claim that by later false and fraudulent representations, known by appellant, to be…