Stevens v. Blood
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the September Term, 1914, Windham County, Waterman, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The action is general assumpsit to recover a portion of the purchase price of a pair of horses sold by defendant to plaintiff. The price agreed upon was $525. At the time the horses were delivered plaintiff paid $200 by check and gave defendant his note for $325 payable in three months at the People’s National Bank in Brattleboro. The ground of recovery was fraud in the sale and subsequent rescission. The trial was by court with judgment for plaintiff.
At the close of plaintiff’s evidence defendant moved for judgment in his favor and also for non-suit upon the ground that plaintiff had failed…
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