Walker v. Pike County Land Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. In the month of February, 1902, and for several months previous, the defendant, Walker, a real estate agent residing at Louisiana, Mo., held an option from the Block Land & Farming Company for the sale of a large tract of land owned by it, situated in Pike county, Mo., for the net price to the company of $67,500. Early in February, through a subagent by the name of Sawyer, he was brought…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. In the month of February, 1902, and for several months previous, the defendant, Walker, a real estate agent residing at Louisiana, Mo., held an option from the Block Land & Farming Company for the sale of a large tract of land owned by it, situated in Pike county, Mo., for the net price to the company of $67,500. Early in February, through a subagent by the name of Sawyer, he was brought into communication with C. C. Weber, E. L. Carpenter, F. H. Carpenter, and E. P. Welles, of Minneapolis, Minn., as…
1Opinion of the CourtAmidon, District Judge
It would be a reproach to the law if the rule determinative of the rights of the parties upon the foregoing facts were uncertain. Fortunately the situations are few in which one party to a business transaction can deliberately lie to the other with legal impunity. Appellant rests his defense upon the ground that statements as to the price paid or offered for property are not material, and, though false, are not fraudulent; but this doctrine, even in those courts which sustain it, is confined to transactions between vendor and purchaser when standing at arm’s length. The defendant saw fit to…
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