White v. Bond

CHAPMAN, Justice.

Appellees, Paul Bond, R. C. Jinkins, J. L. Harris and Ruby Smith, a widow, plaintiffs below, brought suit against John H. White under Art. 4004, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ. St. to recover damages based upon fraud in the misrepresentation of material facts knowingly made to appellees by appellant White and his agent Orr concerning stock in a proposed uranium mining corporation. Upon motion by appellant all the cases were consolidated. The case was tried to a jury, which resulted in a verdict for all appellees for both actual and exemplary damages.

The jury found that John H. White…