Ledford v. Emerson.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by J. P. Ledford against A. S. Emerson, beard by Judge T. J. Shaw and a jury, at tbe Spring Term, 1905, of tbe Superior Court of Cherokee County. From a judgment of nonsuit, tbe plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Tbe plaintiff alleges that be procured options on about 60,000 acres of land and placed tbe same in tbe bands of tbe defendant for sale; that tbe defendant sold tbe options for $10,000 casb and paid tbe plaintiff $600, and by false and fraudulent statements to the plaintiff, obtained from tbe plaintiff a receipt in full.
Tbe plaintiff sues to recover $4,400, tbe remainder of bis half of tbe $10,000. Neither tbe options nor their contents are in litigation.
On tbe trial tbe plaintiff proposed to show by bis own evidence that he bad performed bis part of tbe contract between himself and…
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