Jeffries v. Stromme

Action to recover for alleged fraud in the exchange of real estate. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,779 and defendant appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial. Defendant sold plaintiff a 250-acre Goodhue county farm in January, 1919, at the peat prices then prevailing. The consideration was $46,250, a goodly portion of which remained, on the land secured by mortgage. The load was too great for plaintiff and in March, 1921, after the sudden deflation of the land boom, he traded the farm bact to defendant and in exchange toot from the latter a conveyance of a half section in…