Holbrook v. Blick

Frank Holbrook conducted a nursery from the yard and garage in the rear of his home, .and also did some landscape gardening. He had previously worked in an automobile factory and had but little experience in financial and real estate transactions. He and his "wife are plaintiffs herein. They had come to rely wholly on the business advice of one Edward S. Blick, defendant herein, and believed him to be honest and able, and one of their very best friends. Blick was the branch manager of a large bank in Detroit, and represented to plaintiffs that the president of the bank was a close friend of…