Newton v. Young

This action sounds in fraud. The petition and record present a word picture of a “blue-sky proposition” done in oil. It appears that different citizens of Benton County, Iowa, including plaintiff, were approached' by the defendants for the purpose of selling to them shares in a Kansas oil lease, and in the consummation of the scheme, the fraudulent representations, as pleaded, are legion. The verdict finds ample support in the evidence introduced on behalf of the plaintiff. Defendants rested, at close of plaintiff’s case, without the offer of any testimony.

The record discloses that a certain…