Truro v. Passmore
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Action by Leo Truro and another against Charles Passmore and another. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal from it and an order denying them a new trial. Under the common count for money had and received, both at common law and under the Codes, fraud may be proven to recover money paid under a written contract. (Moses v. Maoferian, 2 Burr. 1005; Smith v. Lamb, 26 111. 397, 79 Am.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Action by Leo Truro and another against Charles Passmore and another. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal from it and an order denying them a new trial. Under the common count for money had and received, both at common law and under the Codes, fraud may be proven to recover money paid under a written contract. (Moses v. Maoferian, 2 Burr. 1005; Smith v. Lamb, 26 111. 397, 79 Am. Dec. 381; Johnson v. Continental Ins. Co. of N. Y. City, 39 Mich. 33; Bliss v. Thompson, 4 Mass. 488; Jasper Trust Co. v. Kansas City etc.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The complaint in this action alleges that on the twenty-fourth day of April, 1907, the defendants received the sum of $3,000 from the plaintiffs “to and for the use of the plaintiffs,” which sum, after demand, the defendants have refused to repay. The answer is a general denial. At the trial the plaintiffs introduced in evidence a written contract between the parties, which recites that on the twenty-fourth day of April, 1907, defendants agreed to sell to plaintiffs a one-third interest in a certain option agreement with third persons, which on the day before, April 23, had been extended to…
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