Leath v. Prince

This suit was originally instituted by J. M. Perry, plaintiff, in the county court of Clay county, against Tom Prince, defendant, to recover the sum of $300 alleged by plaintiff to have been paid to the defendant as a bonus for the privilege of renting'a certain farm for the year 1924.

Plaintiff alleges that the defendant represented he had purchased the farm and was the owner thereof, but that in truth and in fact the defendant did not own the farm, and got his money by false and fraudulent representations, and that one Oliver Leath is the owner of the farm.

The defendant answered by general…