Arnold v. Somers
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the ease for fraud. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1916, Chittenden County, Stanton, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff against defendants B. X. Somers, J. E. Alexander, and American News Vending Machine Company. Yerdict directed for the defendant Charles Weeks. Judgment on the verdict. Yerdict and judgment for the defendants W. J. Aldrich, A. P. Ladd, and F. M. Abbott. Plaintiff and defendants both excepted.
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Action on the ease for fraud. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1916, Chittenden County, Stanton, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff against defendants B. X. Somers, J. E. Alexander, and American News Vending Machine Company. Yerdict directed for the defendant Charles Weeks. Judgment on the verdict. Yerdict and judgment for the defendants W. J. Aldrich, A. P. Ladd, and F. M. Abbott. Plaintiff and defendants both excepted. The opinion states the case. The evidence excluded as against defendants Aldrich, Abbott and Ladd was admissible. Whatever is done…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The plaintiff sues for damages for fraud in the sale to him of certain rights in a patented vending machine known as the “Eureka Yendor.” The defendants are the American News Yending Machine Company, the holder of the letters patent of the machine; E. X. Somers, at the time in question its president and general manager; J. E. Alexander, a commissioned salesman of stock and state rights of the company; A. P. Ladd, F. M. Abbott and W. J. Aldrich, members of its board of directors; and Charles Weeks, a stockholder. The trial was by jury. The court directed a verdict for Weeks and over*517ruled a…
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