Greensboro Morris Plan Co. v. Palmer
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from JíwrdÁng, J., at September Term, 1922, of Guilford. The plaintiffs brought suit to recover $1,308 as damages for false representation and deceit.
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Appeal by plaintiffs from JíwrdÁng, J., at September Term, 1922, of Guilford. The plaintiffs brought suit to recover $1,308 as damages for false representation and deceit. They alleged that on 19 July, 1920, the defendant J. I. Palmer was only nineteen years old, but had the appearance of a man of full age, and was emancipated and married; that at that time he was engaged in the business of hauling lumber and falsely represented to them that he was over twenty-one, by means of which he deceived them and induced them to sell him a truck at the price of $3,014.32, to secure which he executed…
1DissentStacy, J.
The plaintiffs brought suit to recover $1,308 as damages for false representation and deceit. They alleged that on 19 July, 1920, the defendant J. I. Palmer was only nineteen years old, but had the appearance of a man of full age, and was emancipated and married; that at that time he was engaged in the business of hauling lumber and falsely represented to them that he was over twenty-one, by means of which he deceived them and induced them to sell him a truck at the price of $3,014.32, to secure which he executed his note and chattel mortgage on the truck. It is admitted that he paid the…
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