Hoyle v. Southern Saw Works

Hoyle & Abbott brought suit against the Southern " Saw Works, alleging that on or about January 29, 1896, the defendant sold to .the plaintiffs twenty-one barrels of saw scrap steel weighing 19,350 lbs. for $581.77, being three cents per lb., and the plaintiffs have paid defendant for the same. They were induced to pay this price, which was grossly excessive, by the false representations made by án officer and agent of the defendant, that the market price of such steel was four cents per lb. and that such steel had been sold by the defendant at that price. These misrepresentations were made…