Martin v. Harris

This is an action by Frank Martin, plaintiff, to recover $53,120 in damages for fraud inducing him to exchange his apartment houses and grounds in Omaha for the 3,320-acre Cowboy Ranch of Charles H. Harris, defendant, in Cherry county. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that defendant falsely represented to plaintiff that the value of the ranch was $18 an acre; that it had produced annually sufficient hay and pasture to feed 200 head of cattle; that it had recently been sold for $60,000; that defendant had an available purchaser for it at $18 an acre; that its reasonable cash rental value…