Legal Opinion

Briggs v. Foster

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 19, 1905No. 2,107Published

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.

1Opinion of the Court

RINER, District Judge.

This was an action brought by Joseph

E. Briggs against Albert C. Foster and John B. Carmichael to recover the sum of $3,600 damages, together with interest thereon, which the plaintiff alleges he suffered by reason of certain false *774representations made by the defendants, through their agent, whereby he was induced to purchase stock of the International Zinc Company, Limited, between the 1st of January and the 1st of August, 1900.

It is alleged in the petition that in the month of November, 1899, the defendants, Foster and Carmichael, held options for the purchase and lease…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Sturm v. BokerSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Union Stock-Yards & Transit Co. v. Western Land & Cattle Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1893
  3. In re GaltCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
  4. Hamilton v. BillingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  5. Lenz v. HarrisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1893

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