Bullard v. Brown
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lee county. IIon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Ballard, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Broiva and another, appellees, were defendants there. Erom a judgment in defendants’ favor, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. * The opinion of the court states the facts.
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From the circuit court of Lee county. IIon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Ballard, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Broiva and another, appellees, were defendants there. Erom a judgment in defendants’ favor, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. * The opinion of the court states the facts. The evidence shows that the appellee, B.' T. Brovm, in a conversation prior to the sale, fraudulently stated to appellant that appellees liad a written contract with O’Neal by which O’Neal was to make certain improvenments on the land, and that appellees would guarantee performance of such…
1Opinion of the CourtOalhoon, J.
Appellant and appellees exchanged pieces of real estate owned by them respectively. The deeds, by which the exchange was made, were warranty deeds, each being the consideration for the other. While not material to the case before us, it may be proper to say that the appellant, Ballard, sold the piece of land he got by the exchange not very long afterwards at a profit of $450. Subsequently he brought this action of trespass on the case, in which he demands $500 damages, because he avers that “in order to induce him to make the trade the defendants falsely and fraudulently represented to him…
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