Williamson v. Tyson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. J. M. White, Special Judge. G. M. Williamson, the appellant, brought an action against the appellee, J. R. Tyson, upon a note which was given by the said J. R. Tyson to plaintiff on September 30, 1890, for the deferred payment on a lot purchased by him. The defendant pleaded two special pleas.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. J. M. White, Special Judge. G. M. Williamson, the appellant, brought an action against the appellee, J. R. Tyson, upon a note which was given by the said J. R. Tyson to plaintiff on September 30, 1890, for the deferred payment on a lot purchased by him. The defendant pleaded two special pleas. In the first plea the defendant set up as a defense, that the instrument sued on was obtained from him upon false and fraudulent representations, made by Thomas S. White, plaintiff’s agent, by and through whom the lot mentioned in the…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Suit by appellant to recover upon a note given for the purchase of land. The defendant as an answer to the demand pleaded two special pleas, in which it is averred that the defendant purchased the lot of land through one Thomas S. White, who was the agent of plaintiff, or professed to be the agent of plaintiff, and had authority to sell the lot, and that he, the defendant, was induced to make the purchase by the false and fraudulent misrepresentations of said White. The facts and circumstances constituting the alleged fraud are set out in the pleas. The plaintiff demurred to each of those…
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