Erickson v. Frazier

Appeal from an order denying defendant A. G. Frazier’s motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff was an illiterate farm laborer without business experience, who lived in Wilkin county. He owned 160 acres of land in Roseau county, subject to a mortgage of $500. At the invitation of his friend, one Birkedahl, plaintiff took an automobile trip a considerable distance from his home and was thereby brought into the company of defendant Frazier with whom they stayed all night. Frazier’s wife owned 160 acres of land in Roseau county nearer to town than plaintiff’s. Frazier approached plaintiff with a…