Haskell v. Starbird
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for false and fraudulent representations in the sale of land. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham,, C. J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeveks, J.
There was evidence that the purchase of a certain tract of land in Canada, in which purchase the plaintiff alleged himself to have been deceived, was made through one Rockwell, who acted as the agent for the defendant; and that the plaintiff *118was deceived by tbe representations made by Rockwell that the land was of the value of twelve hundred dollars, contained a large amount of timber, and was adjacent to a flourishing village, which representations were false. There was also evidence that Rockwell made these representations as the agent of the defendant. Rockwell also testified that the…
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