Green v. Brown

The action is one to recover upon two negotiable promissory notes. The answer alleged that the defendant purchased of the plaintiff certain Holstein cattle in reliance upon certain named representations, and gave in payment the notes sued upon; that these representations were false, and were made to the defendant fraudulently with intent to deceive the defendant; that the defendant purchased these cattle with which to establish a business as a dealer and breeder of pure-blooded, registered, healthy Holstein cattle, and that many of the cattle so purchased were suffering with tuberculosis; and…