Loud v. Pomona Land & Water Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The Pomona Land and Water Company,' defendant in error, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of California, brought this action of covenant against Henry M. Loud, a citizen of the State of Michigan, to recover various sums of money due upon agreements under seal, embodied in twenty contracts and nine applications for the sale and purchase, at different pripes, of…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The Pomona Land and Water Company,' defendant in error, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of California, brought this action of covenant against Henry M. Loud, a citizen of the State of Michigan, to recover various sums of money due upon agreements under seal, embodied in twenty contracts and nine applications for the sale and purchase, at different pripes, of separate and distinct parcels of land lying and being in the State of California, together with designated shares of stock in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
Many of the special matters set up by tbe defendant below were clearly irrelevant and unavailable as defences to the suit. Thus, the various matters of inducement for entering into contracts, and the alleged representations made by agents of the plaintiff prior to their execution, and the purpose of the defendant in making the purchases with a view to the resale of the lands at a profit, together with his being a stranger in California, unacquainted with the laws of that State, the business methods in common use, or those used by the plaintiff; and his hesitancy about entering into the…
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