Harris v. Egger
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United, States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Action by John R. Egger against Earl A. Harris. Judgment for-plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Egger recovered a verdict and judgment against Harris for alleged fraud and deceit touching the purchase and sale of certain shares of stock, and Harris brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United, States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Action by John R. Egger against Earl A. Harris. Judgment for-plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Egger recovered a verdict and judgment against Harris for alleged fraud and deceit touching the purchase and sale of certain shares of stock, and Harris brings error. Egger owned 24 shares, of the par value of $2,400, in a Tennessee corporation, the Woods-Harris Iron & Supply Company, the name of which was changed to Harris Iron & Supply Company. Harris was president, and “running…
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge,
(after stating the facts as above). The recovery below, if at all rightful, was moderate; it was $1,750. No. special instructions to the jury were requested, and no exception was reserved to the general charge. The charge as a whole is not contained in the record; a portion of it is set out in the eighteenth assignment, but counsel frankly concede that this is not well taken because of the absence of exception. It must therefore be assumed that the instructions to the jury were rightly conceived and given; and, in view of the allegations of the declaration and the…
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