High v. Berret
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 173, July T., 1891, by defendant, Samuel Berret, from judgment of O. P. Berks Co., Feb. T., 1889, No. 14, on verdict for plaintiff, William R. High. Trespass to recover damages for deceit in sale of mining stock.
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Appeal, No. 173, July T., 1891, by defendant, Samuel Berret, from judgment of O. P. Berks Co., Feb. T., 1889, No. 14, on verdict for plaintiff, William R. High. Trespass to recover damages for deceit in sale of mining stock. At the trial before Endlich, J., it appeared that plaintiff was induced by defendant to purchase fifty shares of stock of the Phoenix Plumbago Company (of the par value of $100 each), which was organized to purchase the mine and machinery of a former company. Plaintiff alleged that the representations made to him by defendant as to the success of the old company and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
This is an action brought to recover damages for deceit in the sale by the defendant to the plaintiff of shares of stock in a mining company. There could be no recovery, without proof that the sale was effected by means of representations made to the buyer, which were known to the seller to be false. The appellant contends that the proof upon this subject was insufficient to justify the court below in submitting it to the jury, and assigns as error the refusal of the learned judge to withdraw it altogether from their consideration. We have *264read the testimony…
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