Mayo v. Wahlgreen
Colorado Court of Appeals
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County.
1Opinion of the CourtBissell, J.
It is not infrequently useful to define and classify the action which is the subject-matter of an appeal, for it serves to limit the application of what is held to be the law and to facilitate its apprehension. This is an action in deceit. The plaintiff’s cause depended on proof of material representations, their falsity, and his damage.
A little history outside of the matters necessarily involved in the suit will tend to present the real issue with greater-clearness. Early in the year 1889, the Denver Chamber of Commerce initiated a plan to create a summer resort. The persons in charge of the…
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