Hairalson v. Carson

The plaintiff in error, W. H. Hairalson, brought a petition against J. R. N. Carson alleging, in substance, the following: Hairalson purchased from Carson certain sawmill machinery,-and gave for the same a negotiable promissory note, due on the 1st day of December, 1899. The instrument embracing the note also contained a mortgage on the property purchased. The defendant fraudulently represented to the plaintiff at the time of the sale that the machinery was in good condition, in first-class order, and would do good work; whereas it was very inferior in character, badly worn, “almost wholly…