Colonial Jewelry Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Jefferson County Court; G. M. Bond, Judge. Action by the Colonial Jewelry Company against A. J. Jones for money due on contract. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The Colonial Jewelry Company sued the defendant, A. J. Jones, to recover the sum of $120, alleged to be due by reason of a certain written contract, dated September 23, 1909, wherein Jones agreed'to purchase from it a quantity of jewelry.
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Error from Jefferson County Court; G. M. Bond, Judge. Action by the Colonial Jewelry Company against A. J. Jones for money due on contract. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The Colonial Jewelry Company sued the defendant, A. J. Jones, to recover the sum of $120, alleged to be due by reason of a certain written contract, dated September 23, 1909, wherein Jones agreed'to purchase from it a quantity of jewelry. The contract is pleaded, and its execution admitted by Jones, but he avers that the execution of the same was procured by fraud and through the willful…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
(after stating the facts as above). There is but one question in this case, and that’is, Was the execution of the contract of purchase, sued on in this case, obtained by fraud? If it was, the judgment is correct, and must stand; if not, then it should be reversed. The pleadings are amply specific to inform all' parties concerned as to the exact issues in the case. No objection to the sufficiency of the allegations of fraud as charged in the answer appears anywhere in the record. Counsel for plaintiff makes a common mistake in assuming that the purpose of admitting parol…
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