Vernson v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs because of false representations made by defendants as to the value of certain bank stock traded to plaintiffs for a garage. Plaintiffs recovered, and defendants have appealed.

The plaintiffs, H. H. Vernson and members of his family, owned all the capital stock (one share was nominally held by C. E. Cummings for them) of the McCarthy Motor Company, a corporation, which owned and operated a garage at Blue Rapids, Kan., which plaintiffs were operating. They were anxious…