Wyler v. Feuer

Opinion

FLEMING, J.

Claiming fraud and failure of consideration plaintiff Leopold S. Wyler sued to rescind a limited partnership agreement, under which as limited partner he invested $1.5 million in the production of a motion picture on the early life of French singer Edith Piaf. The jury found for the defendants, and the trial judge awarded them $125,000 in attorney’s fees. Wyler appeals the adverse juiy verdict and asserts as reversible error: the insufficiency of the evidence; the nonsuit on plaintiff’s mismanagement cause of action; the jury instructions on failure of consideration; and the…