Legal Opinion

Bowman v. Parker

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided November 15, 1867PublishedCited by 9 opinions

This was an action on the case for certain alleged fraudulent representations in regard to certain stock of the Vermiont Marble Company, sold by the defendant to the plaintiff, wherein the plaintiff sought to recover not only what he had paid for the stock, but also all the assessments thereon paid by him, and interest on all said sums. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury at the March Term, 1364, Rutland county court, Kellogg, J., presiding.

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This was an action on the case for certain alleged fraudulent representations in regard to certain stock of the Vermiont Marble Company, sold by the defendant to the plaintiff, wherein the plaintiff sought to recover not only what he had paid for the stock, but also all the assessments thereon paid by him, and interest on all said sums. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury at the March Term, 1364, Rutland county court, Kellogg, J., presiding. The request to charge, the charge as given, and all óther material facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. To the refusal of the…

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The opinion of the court was delivered by

Peck, J.

The action is an action on the case in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for fraudulent representations of the defendant to the plaintiff, affecting the value of the capital stock of the Vermont Marble Company, at Rutland, one hundred and twenty-five shares of which were sold by the defendant to the plaintiff. - Numerous representations of this character are alleged to have been made by the defendant in the course of the sale, some of which the plaintiff’s evidence tends to show were fraudulently made. The defendant’s evidence tends…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  5. Maidment v. FrazierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1916

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