Betcher v. Kunz
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Sessions, J., entered July 1, 1919, in favor of the defendants, upon withdrawing the case from the jury, dismissing an action for fraud.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
By the complaint, the defendants are charg’ed with a conspiracy to defraud, and the plaintiff claims damages as a result thereof. In the answers, with one exception, which is not here material, after denying the fraudulent conspiracy, an affirmative defense was pleaded. The plaintiff replied to the affirmative matter in the answer. Upon the issues thus framed, the cause proceeded to trial before the court and a jury. At the conclusion of the trial, the court, upon motion of the defendants, withdrew the cause from the jury and entered a judgment dismissing the action. From this judgment, the…
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