Johnson v. Ehrgott

This is an action for damages for fraud. Plaintiffs alleged that on January 18, 1927, they entered into an agreement with defendants to exchange an apartment house for a farm; that deeds were executed and delivered ; that certain representations made by defendants as to the character and quality of the land and the trees growing thereon were false, and knowingly made; that they were relied upon by plaintiffs, and that plaintiffs were damaged. The action was filed November 28, 1930. In order to avoid the bar of the statute of limitations, plaintiffs alleged that they did not themselves work on…