Arbuckle v. Biederman

Bicknell, C. C.

This was a suit by the appellees against the appellant to recover damages for false representations and fraud in reference to a coal mine which the appellees were seeking to lease, and, relying on such representations, did lease from the appellant on the second day of October, 1879.

The suit was commenced in March, 1880. The defendant filed an answer in three paragraphs, of which the first was a general denial and the second and third were counterclaims. The plaintiffs answered the counter-claims in two paragraphs, to wit, the general denial, and a special answer, to-which the…