Enders v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oakland Circuit. Enders was charged on the information of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Oakland, that he, said Enders, “on the 10th day of February, 1866, at the town of Groveland, in the County of Oakland, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did falsely and feloniously pretend to one Frederick Brandt, that certain land which-he, the said Enders, was about to sell to the said Brandt, contained in amount 120 acres, being one 80 acre lot and one 40 acre…
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Error to Oakland Circuit. Enders was charged on the information of the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Oakland, that he, said Enders, “on the 10th day of February, 1866, at the town of Groveland, in the County of Oakland, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did falsely and feloniously pretend to one Frederick Brandt, that certain land which-he, the said Enders, was about to sell to the said Brandt, contained in amount 120 acres, being one 80 acre lot and one 40 acre lot; that there was not upon said land more than five acres of lake or water; that none of the land of either of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Ch. J.
The respondent, Enders, was informed against for obtaining property under false pretenses. The information charged him with representing that certain lands which he was about to sell to one Brandt, contained one hundred and twenty acres, and that there was not upon the land more than five acres of lake or water; that none of the *240land had been sold by him, and that the premises were free of all incumbrance, except a mortgage of about $150; by means of which pretenses he obtained of Brandt $450 in money and a mortgage of the value of $450. The pretenses were negatived, and…
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