Blumberg v. Louis Henne Co.

Appellee sued appellant for damages alleged to have been, suffered as the consequence of fraud and deceit in' obtaining merchandise and building material necessary to construct appellant’s business building in New Braunfels, Tex. The damages alleged were the value of, or the unpaid balance of, the purchase price fixed by an itemized account of the merchandise attached to the petition. The fraud and deceit charged were that appellant obtained the merchandise under false and fraudulent promises and representations that he would secure the indebtedness by a second lien on the building, when as a…