Cartwright v. Dennis

This suit was brought by Sam Dennis and others, “acting for the Valley Springs Academy, of Valley Springs, Arkansas,” to collect an installment due on a subscription contract for the benefit of that institution which had been signed by the defendant Cartwright and a number of others. The defendant resisted payment on the ground that he made his subscription upon the representation that it was proposed to build a college, whereas the promoters of the enterprise did not intend to erect a college, and had not done so, but had only promoted an academy doing four years high-school work.

The…