Kaiser v. Nummerdor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane-county: K. Gr. SiebecKEe, Circuit Judge. Action for damages from deceit inducing plaintiff to purchase a stock of boots and shoes at an agreed value of $7,000. The jury found by 'special verdict that the defendant falsely represented to the plaintiff that such stock inventoried at the-amount of $8,500 by the inventory made by one Klug, with the intent and object to induce plaintiff to rely upon it as true anff to purchase;…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane-county: K. Gr. SiebecKEe, Circuit Judge. Action for damages from deceit inducing plaintiff to purchase a stock of boots and shoes at an agreed value of $7,000. The jury found by 'special verdict that the defendant falsely represented to the plaintiff that such stock inventoried at the-amount of $8,500 by the inventory made by one Klug, with the intent and object to induce plaintiff to rely upon it as true anff to purchase; that the plaintiff understood and believed such to be the fact, and was thereby induced to buy the stock. The inventory…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
The first position assumed by appellant is that ■there was no evidence to support a negative answer to question 4 of the special verdict. The representation was that King’s inventory showed a total value of $8,531. Upon reaching the store where the goods were, plaintiff — who, by the way, was quick at figures, familiar with inventories, and largely experienced in estimating and buying stocks — asked for that inventory; and it was delivered to him, and retained a.considerable time, while he selected numerous illustrative items, and examined the particular goods represented thereby, with the…
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