Crawford v. Melvin

The plaintiffs Mr. and Mrs. Melvin recovered a judgment against the defendant Crawford for $700 which sum they paid to Crawford for capital stock in an oil company of which he was president. The action is based upon the charge that their purchase of the stock was induced by fraudulent representations of one Kasbeer, the agent of the defendant in effecting the sale. Counsel for plaintiff in error Crawford in their opening brief, discuss many questions that we shall not consider. No complaint is made of the instructions to the jury and defendant’s counsel disavow their intention to question the…