Dalen v. Hansen

Beeler,, J.

This is an action based upon fraud. The plaintiff in his complaint alleged that he was induced to purchase some of the preferred corporate stock of the Modern Food Stores, Inc., a domestic corporation, by reason of false and fraudulent representations made by the defendants Hansen and Kuehl, for which he paid the sum of eight hundred dollars. The defendant Kuehl defaulted in the action, although he testified on behalf of the defendant Hansen. The cause was tried to the court, sitting without a jury, and resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff and against both defendants for the…