Wooding v. Sawyer

— The major issue presented here is whether or not appellants Fred F. Ludwick, Jr., and H. R. Sawyer, hereinafter referred to as Ludwick and Sawyer, were induced to enter into a written lease as the result of fraudulent representations by the respondent, hereinafter referred to as Wooding.

Wooding apparently was the moving figure in the development of the Auburn airport on leased land in 1945. He and Earl D. McPherson were co-owners from May, 1946, until August 28, 1947, at which time they entered into an agreement by which Wooding sold all his interest in the airport to McPherson, who took…