Ohrmundt v. Spiegelhoff
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dodge county: Martin L. Luecic, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of false representations made by the defendant, among others as to the quantity of land and quality of soil of a plat of ground and dwelling house in Watertown traded by him for plaintiff’s farm. The jury by a general verdict found for the plaintiff and assessed his damages at $2,400, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
This is the third trial of the case. The first trial in Jefferson county resulted in a verdict of $500 for plaintiff. Upon defendant’s motion the verdict was set aside and a new trial granted and a change of venue had to Dodge county. On the second trial the jury failed to agree.
A number of false representations in addition to those mentioned were alleged in the complaint and testified to, but the two mentioned are the most material ones, and if sustained by the evidence would warrant the verdict rendered and require an affirmance of the judgment unless prejudicial error in the trial requires…
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