State v. Nuttall

HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a conviction for obtaining a chose in action from one Gittens under false pretenses. 1 Reversed.

Nuttall induced Gittens to join in the following scheme: Nuttall was to sell a tractor to Gittens under a paper transaction, without any transfer of possession. Then Gittens, under another paper transaction, was to lease the tractor back to Nuttall, who was to re-lease it to others for a profit to be divided between the two. Gittens was not to put up any money but was to get either the tractor or $300 for nothing under the five-year contract. There was no tractor…