Dresher v. Becker

This is an action to recover damages in the sum of $6,040.86 for fraudulent representations whereby plaintiff was induced to exchange a quarter section of land in Merrick county for a house and lot in Omaha. Prom a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $8,232.16, defendants have appealed.

In her petition, plaintiff, among other things, pleaded, in substance, the following facts: Defendant Thomas Brennan represented to plaintiff that he was the agent of the owner of the Omaha property, and proposed the exchange. Defendant Anson E. Becker, an employee of Brennan, was the real owner, a fact not…