Maxted v. Fowler

The plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for a breach of warranty alleged to have been made by defendant on an exchange of property owned by plaintiff for stock in a mining corporation transferred to him by the defendant. On a trial before a jury in the Manistee circuit a judgment was rendered for $1,657.50. From this judgment defendant appeals..

The plaintiff’s testimony tended to show that he exchanged property in Manistee, valued at $1,800, for mining stock, which, at 75 cents per share, amounted to $1,300, and $500 in cash; that the defendant exhibited specimens which he claimed…