Reynolds v. Franklin

This action being tried before a jury, the court dismissed it, upon motion, upon the case as presented by the plaintiff. Upon this appeal it is to be considered whether the plaintiff had made proof of facts sufficient to justify a recovery for fraud. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff tended to show a state of facts which may be briefly stated as follows: In the course of negotiations between these parties respecting the purchase of certain land by the plaintiff, the defendant stated that, while the legal title was in one Woodman, he (defendant) had an arrangement which enabled him to…