Braselton Bros. v. Better Maid Dairy Products, Inc.

Cook, Justice.

Braselton Brothers, Inc., brought an action against James Saxton and Better Maid Dairy Products, Inc., charging fraud and deceit by Saxton, agent of Better Maid Dairy Products, Inc. Braselton Brothers, Inc., appealed to the Court of Appeals from the judgment of the trial • judge sustaining the general demurrer of Better Maid Dairy Products, Inc., to the petition as amended. The Court of Appeals held that the petition alleged fraud of the agent for which the principal might be held liable; but further held that it alleged facts which showed as a matter of law that the plaintiff…