Hahn v. Petters & Co.

This being an action at law to recover for plaintiff’s loss through and by reason of defendants’ fraud, as 'distinguished from an action in equity to rescind, it is necessary that plaintiff allege and show, in addition to the fraud, that he has suffered damage. 26 Corp. Jur. 1167, 1169; 12 Ruling Case Law, 388, 390; Commercial Bank v. Firemen’s Ins. Co. 87 Wis. 297, 302, 58 N. W. 391; Potter v. Necedah L. Co. 105 Wis. 25, 33, 80 N. W. 88, 81 N. W. 118; Denis v. Nu-Way P. C. Co. 170 Wis. 333, 341, 175 *147N. W. 95; International M. Co. v. Priem, 179 Wis. 622, 624, 192 N. W. 68.

In this case there…