Cline v. Nelson

R. L. Nelson sued H. T. Cline for $8,500 damages, alleged to be the result of Cline’s fraudulently inducing plaintiff to part with his title to certain land. The jury trying the case returned a verdict for $1,000. The questions presented by the record are: (1) whether the trial judge erred in overruling general and special demurrers to the petition, and (2) whether the overruling of defendant’s motion for a new trial, based solely upon the usual general grounds, was error. The substance of the petition follows:

*601Defendant has damaged petitioner in the sum of $8,500 by reason of the following…