Means v. Flanagan

The defendant in error brought an action on' the case against plaintiffs in error, who were co-partners in the real estate business, for deceit and misrepresentations in a real estate transaction.

The declaration alleged that plaintiffs in error, intending to cheat and defraud defendant in error, represented to her that they could purchase a block of land at a bargain; that others with themselves would take nine-tenths of 'it, and that if she would take the remaining one-tenth they would allow her to come into the transaction at the price to be paid for the land when it should be purchased;…