Foley v. Holtry

Irvine, C.

In February, 1890, the defendant Holtry was the owner of two hundred shares of stock in the North Platte Milling & Elevator Company. Foley was the owner of certain real estate in North Platte, which has been referred to generally in the record as the Spruce street property. On February 24, 1890, Holtry transferred the stock to Foley and received in exchange a conveyance of the Spruce street property and $1,500 in cash. In January, 1891, Foley began this action to rescind the contract and conveyances because of alleged false representations made by Holtry to Foley inducing the…