Calera Development Co. v. Burgin

Burgin conveyed a tract of land to Calera Development Company, taking notes and a mortgage to secure a balance ($22,500') of the purchase money. When one of the notes fell due, and Burgin applied to the development company for payment, he was falsely and fraudulently informed by the company's president, Gewin, that the land had been conveyed to O’Neal’s Lime Works, Inc., that the lime works had assumed to pay the debt, and was told to apply to it for payment, after which it was agreed "that the lime works would make, and said complainant would accept, a conveyance of the land in full payment…