Swanson v. Holt

This suit was by R. W. Holt in trespass to try title to an undivided one-eighth interest in 225 acres of land against A. J. Swanson, Willie Holt, R. E. O'Keefe, and L. A. Norris. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants Willie Holt and A. J. Swanson, induced him, through false and fraudulent representations as to the value of the land involved, to convey the land to Swanson for a grossly inadequate consideration, and that the other defendants, O'Keefe and Norris, purchased certain interests in the land from Willie Holt and A. J. Swanson with knowledge of the fraud practiced upon him by…