Murray v. Davies

This is an action by John W. Davies against John Murray and Hoyt & Secrest, a real-estate firm composed of J. C. Hoyt and Frank Secrest, to recover the value of cattle alleged to have been obtained by defendants from Davies in Atchison county by fraudulent representations. The cattle, of the value of $4500, were turned over to defendants as the first payment on two sections of land in- Butler county which Hoyt contracted to sell to Davies. There was to be a -second payment, on or before the March following, of $5430, and the balance, $5430, was to be paid within three years.

The petition…