Bushey v. Coffman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This appeal chiefly concerns the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s evidence to establish his two causes of action against defendant — the first count being for damages sustained by plaintiff in the purchase of worthless bank stock in reliance on false and fraudulent representations of the defendant, and the second being for rescission of a contract for the purchase of land by plaintiff under duress. In the second, also, plaintiff asked for the return and cancellation of a note for $2,500 given to defendant in payment for the land purchased. To…