Salmon v. Pixlee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
In the Court below, This was an action on the case, for false and fraudulent representations, in the sale of Virginia land, with regard to its quality and situation, and the validity of the deed, under the laws of Virginia, by which the defendant made a pretended conveyance of the land to the plaintiff. On the general issue, a verdict was found for the plaintiff,' and judgment rendered accordingly.
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In the Court below, This was an action on the case, for false and fraudulent representations, in the sale of Virginia land, with regard to its quality and situation, and the validity of the deed, under the laws of Virginia, by which the defendant made a pretended conveyance of the land to the plaintiff. On the general issue, a verdict was found for the plaintiff,' and judgment rendered accordingly. The error assigned, before this Court, was the insufficiency of the declaration. Pixlee pleaded in bar of the writ of error, that before the impetration thereof, it was accorded and agreed, by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, C. Goodrich, E.Goodrich, Griswold, and Hosmer, issis. dissenting,
The plea was adjudged sufficient.
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