Watkins v. Lorenz

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Action for damages by Lester H. Watkins and Ruth Watkins, his wife, against George Lorenz; Helen Lorenz, his wife; and A. J. Hardy, for fraud arising out of plaintiffs’ purchase of a jewelry business in Marshall from defendants George and Helen Lorenz on November 30, 1959. At the time of purchase, the business was located in a store leased under a written lease by George Lorenz from Hardy. It is plaintiffs’ claim that defendants induced them to purchase the business by falsely and fraudulently representing that the sale would include an assignment of the written…