Pollard v. Peterson

Plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs in an action on a promissory note executed by defendant in error as payment on a subscription for stock in the Canon City Industrial Stores Company. The plaintiffs held the note as purchasers at a sale, in bankruptcy, of the assets of the said Company. The defense was that the note, and the subscription for stock, were obtained by misrepresentation and fraud. Verdict and judgment were for defendant.

The principal errors assigned are that the court refused to direct a verdict for plaintiffs on the ground that there was no evidence to sustain the charge of…