McAleer v. Horsey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for 'Washington County. This action was brought by the appellee in the Circuit Court for Frederick county, to recover from the appellant in damages the sum of $2,000, alleged to have been obtained by false and fraudulent representations made by the appellant, to induce the appellee to take stock in certain Nevada silver mines.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for 'Washington County. This action was brought by the appellee in the Circuit Court for Frederick county, to recover from the appellant in damages the sum of $2,000, alleged to have been obtained by false and fraudulent representations made by the appellant, to induce the appellee to take stock in certain Nevada silver mines. The cause was removed by the appellant to Washington county, where it was tried and a verdict for the full amount claimed, with interest, was rendered in favor of the appellee. The form of action was case for deceit. The case is stated in…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by means of false and fraudulent *451representations made to him by the defendant, by which he was induced to purchase shares in certain silver mines in the State of ^Nevada, and was thereby cheated and defrauded. The record presents many questions which this appeal makes it our duty to decide. We shall consider first those relating to the law of the case raised by the pleadings and the prayers, and then the two exceptions to the rulings admitting certain testimony offered by the plaintiff.
The defendant filed a…
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