Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Carson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Stoddard County Circuit Court. — Hon. W. 8. C. Walker, Judge. ■ (1) The respondent visited and inspected the land, and there is no testimony that he was in any way hindered from making as extensive an investigation of it as he desired. Under the circumstances he cannot allege that he was defrauded.
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Appeal from Stoddard County Circuit Court. — Hon. W. 8. C. Walker, Judge. ■ (1) The respondent visited and inspected the land, and there is no testimony that he was in any way hindered from making as extensive an investigation of it as he desired. Under the circumstances he cannot allege that he was defrauded. Morse v. Rathburn, 49 Mo. 91; Judd v. Walker, 215 Mo. 337; McFarland v. Carver, 34 Mo. 195; Dunn v. White, 63 Mo. 181; Wade v. Ringo, 122 Mo. 322; Bradford et al. v. Wright, 145 Mo. App. 623; Holland v. Anderson, 38 Mo. 55 ; Ordway v. Ins. Co., 35 Mo. App. 434; Slaughters, Adm. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
— The plaintiff is a foreign corporation authorized to do business in Missouri. The defendant for the past three years has resided in Stoddard county in this State. In December, 1910, the plaintiff owned several thousand acres of land in Stoddard county and surrounding counties in southeast Missouri. On December 31, 1910, the defendant paid to one W. Ross McKnight one hundred dollars as a part payment for eighty acres of land in Stoddard county which was then owned'by the plaintiff, and took a receipt so stating, which receipt also contained a memorandum of purchase. The total price to be…
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