Lesser v. Porter

Conrod Lesser sued William Tecumseh Porter and Helen Porter for damages for inducing him by false representations to enter into a contract for the purchase of a farm. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court granted a nonsuit and dismissed the case.

There are two false representations alleged in the complaint; namely, that the farm contained 90 acres, and that it was worth $24,000. The trial court held that there was no evidence of the falsity of the representation as to acreage, and that the plaintiff’s evidence did not show that the representation as to value was a representation of a…