Rogers v. Rosenfeld

This action was to recover damages for deceit in the sale of mining stock of the Tusas Peak Gold and Copper Mining Company. The plaintiff purchased the shares from the defendant Bosenfeld, and the defendant Barge aided Bosenfeld in making the sale. Three misrepresentations were charged. The first two were eliminated by somewhat doubtful rulings of the trial court in favor of the defendants, and the jury found upon the third as follows: (2) The defendant Bosenfeld, for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to purchase the stock, represented to the plaintiff *288that there was ore enough on the…