Weisiger v. Richmond Ice Machine Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of chancery court of the city of Richmond, rendered July 26, 1892, in a suit in equity wherein E. W. Weisiger and others were plaintiffs and the Richmond Ice Machine Company and others were defendants. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*796The bill was filed by the appellants for a recision of their subscriptions to the stock of the defendant company, and to recover back the money paid on account thereof on the ground that they had been severally induced to subscribe by fraudulent representations. The chief ground of the charge of fraud was a written statement put forth and signed by the secretary and treasurer of the company, purporting to have been taken from the books of the company, which represented the company to be in a prosperous condition, with a net surplus (i. e., an…
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