Haagen v. Landeis

— The defendants signed contracts for advertising space with National Business & Property Exchange, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the corporation), and, after the advertisements had been published, refused to pay for them. These actions to recover the contract price were brought by the successors of the corporation. The trial court found that the contracts had been procured by fraud and entered judgments for the defendants. The plaintiffs appeal.

The cases were consolidated on appeal. The Landeis case only will be discussed herein and, because the questions presented are identical, the…