Hunt v. Blanton

Bickstell, C. C.

The appellees complained of the appellant, alleging that he owed them. $800, a balance due on a sale of land, and proposed in payment thereof to convey to them 80 acres of land in Morgan county, and, for the purpose of effecting said trade, falsely and fraudulently represented to them that said 80 acres were well set with oak trees and other valuable timber; that thereupon one of the plaintiffs went with the defendant to Morgan county to examine the land, which consisted of two 40 acre tracts; that when they reached Morgan county the defendant, with the intention and purpose…