Hutchinson v. Gorman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. H. P. Gorman was in April, 1896, the owner of certain real estate in the town of Searcy and the residence and improvements thereon. Gorman lived in Forrest City, and, desiring to sell this property, he turned it over to J. J. Baugh, a resident of Searcy, that Baugh might sell it. Baugh sold the property to T. B. Hutchinson, and Gorman executed a deed to Hutchinson.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. H. P. Gorman was in April, 1896, the owner of certain real estate in the town of Searcy and the residence and improvements thereon. Gorman lived in Forrest City, and, desiring to sell this property, he turned it over to J. J. Baugh, a resident of Searcy, that Baugh might sell it. Baugh sold the property to T. B. Hutchinson, and Gorman executed a deed to Hutchinson. The deed recites that Hutchinson paid $691.6,5 in cash, and as a further consideration that he assumed a debt to the Arkansas Building & Loan…
1Opinion of the Court
Biddtok, J.,
(after stating the facts). This is an action to recover damages on account of fraud and deceit. The compliant filed in the case is rather prolix, and does not state the facts very concisely, and this may have led to some confusion in the trial of the case. But no objection is made here either as to the form or substance of the complaint, so we have treated the defects in it as cured by the answer and the subsequent trial.
The facts, briefly stated, are that Hutchinson purchased f~om defendant Gorman through his agent, defendant Baugh, a house and lot in the town of Searcy. As part…
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