Linnartz v. Lawrie

This is a suit for damages instituted by defendant in error which he claims to have accrued by reason of the false representations of plaintiff in error to the effect that there was a good well of water on a certain tract of land whereby he was induced to buy said land. Judgment by default was rendered against plaintiff in error in the sum of $508.40.

The allegations of the petition are as follows:

“Plaintiff avers: That heretofore, to wit, during the month of August, 1913, plaintiff purchased from defendant 100 acres of land near San Antonio, Tex., through William George, agent and…