Johnson v. Risdon

PARKER, J., pro tem.

Plaintiff’s action was in ejectment, seeking also damages for the retention of the premises. Defendants answered and also filed their cross-complaint. In this cross-complaint it was alleged that the husband of plaintiff, one Alvah M. Johnson, had by a series of fraudulent acts induced defendants to purchase the property involved in the present action along with other properties not affected by this particular litigation. The cross-complaint, among other things, alleged that the property involved here was acquired by plaintiff as the result of a sale under a trust deed;…