Iowa Economic Heater Co. v. American Economic Heater Co.

This is an action on the case to recover damages for alleged fraudulent misrepresentations made by the defendants to the plaintiff. The declaration, in substance, avers that the defendant Coffey as president, and Young, an employe of the defendant company, made to certain citizens of Iowa, who afterwards united in the formation of plaintiff company, certain false and fraudulent representations in regard to the merits of a heating device manufactured by the defendants under letters patent issued October 9, 1883, to one Peck, which patent was owned by the defendants, and by reason of such…