Elliott v. Clark

Appellant sued appellees in ¿he court below for $250, the amount paid by appellant for a half interest in a cold drink and bowling alley business being conducted in Corsicana at the time of the purchase by appellee H. B. White. The ground upon which recovery was sought was that appel-lee White, at the time of the purchase, fraudulently concealed from appellant the existence of a mortgage securing a debt of approximately $275, under which the property was subsequently sold, because of appellant’s inability to discharge the debt. Among other defenses, appellees alleged an agreement on the part…