Musick v. Gatzmeyer

Appellee brought suit against

appellant, alleging in his declaration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, bought a one-half interest in a real estate, • insurance, house-building and loan association business, which the defendant was then carrying on in East St. Louis, for the price of $1,250, and avers that the defendant represented the business was a good paying one and they would make money, and plaintiff, confiding in the representations, bought the same, and at the time the representations were so made, the business was of no value, and brings this action to recover the…