Edwards v. Powell

This action was brought to recover damages as the result of fraud in a real estate transaction. The cause was tried to the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $22,000. The defendant interposed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and, in the alternative, for a new trial, both of which were overruled and a judgment entered upon the verdict, from which the defendant appeals.

On March 12, 1914, the respondents were husband and wife and were the owners of a drug store in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The appellant, as the respondents contend,…