Reeser v. Hammond

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

M. Reeser began this action against J. M. Hammond to recover damages for fraud in making false representations by which he was induced to buy twenty acres of an oil and gas lease in Dickinson county from a man named Laughters for $2,000. Reeser having died, his executrix was substituted as plaintiff. Judgment was rendered against the defendant and he appeals.

1. One John Breitenbach testified that a little after the buying of the lease by Reeser the witness had bought a like acreage a few miles away for the same amount from Laughters upon the…