Ditto v. International Harvester Co.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages from defendant that he alleged arose out of the fraudulent sale to him by defendant’s agents of a defective stationary engine that was intended to be used for pumping water for irrigation purposes on plaintiff’s farm near Gillette, Wyoming. At the close of the testimony, when both parties had rested, the court directed a verdict against plaintiff and in favor of defendant for $1,305 on its cross-petition for an alleged remainder of the unpaid purchase price. The plaintiff appealed from a judgment on the verdict.

Plaintiff alleged generally that in April, 1913,…