Land Finance Corporation v. Fitzgerald

This is an appeal by the plaintiff in an action brought upon two negotiable bills of exchange or trade acceptances drawn by the Autocrat Sales and Distributing Corporation upon the defendant, accepted by him, and indorsed by the Autocrat Corporation to the plaintiff. The issues arise upon a special defense alleging that the defendant was induced to execute the trade acceptances by fraudulent representations 'made to him by the agent of the Autocrat Corporation in connection with the sale to him of certain oil burners. The answer sets forth the fraud as si complete defense to the action, but…