Continental Jewelry Co. v. Williams

The appellant, Continental Jewelry Company, sued I. K. Williams, appellee, in the county court of Wichita county to recover $276 alleged to be the contract price of specified articles of jewelry sold to appellee on written order September 4, 1928.

Appellee defended on the ground, among other things, that he had been induced to execute the order or contract of purchase by the false and fraudulent statements of the plaintiff’s agent, who secured the order, that no other sale of the same class of merchandise had, or would be, made in the town of Electra, where he (appellee) was doing business.

The…