DeWitt v. Jayne

The following is the opinion of the court below:

Seeger, J.

Motion by defendants to set aside a verdict in the above-entitled action. The action was brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the execution of a deed for a one-eighth interest in a certain lot of land, the execution of which the plaintiff alleges was brought about by fraud and misrepresentation on the part of the defendants, and also damages sustained by other cotenants of the plaintiff by reason of the execution of the same deed which it is alleged was brought about by similar fraud and misrepresentation,…