Poutra v. Sapp
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; A. R. Hamblen, Special Judge. Action by E. E. Sapp and another against Joseph Poutra. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
E. E. Sapp and H. B. Sapp, plaintiffs, brought this suit against Joseph Poutra, defendant, for damages alleged to have resulted to them by reason of misrepresentations of fact by defendant concerning the condition of a farm rented to them by Poutra. They alleged in their petition, substantially, that on the 10th day of January, 1911, Poutra, claiming that he was the owner of a tract of land, represented that the land was good clean land adapted to the cultivation of rice, and that it was free from any and all poisonous or obnoxious grasses that would render it unsuited for cultivation in…
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- Barfield v. GleasonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
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