Sugarland Industries, Inc. v. Falco

TIREY, Justice.

Plaintiffs grounded their action upon a knowingly fraudulent misrepresentation of the germination rate of certain cotton seed which was sold by defendant to them. The jury, in its verdict, found substantially that defendant represented to the plaintiffs that the seed had a germination rate of 80%, and that the plaintiffs relied on such representation; that such representation induced the plaintiffs to purchase the seed, and that defendant intended for such representation to induce them to purchase the seed; that Rufus Phillips was the Manager of a department of the business of…