Hedler v. Manning

Plaintiffs traded an apartment building in Chicago to defendants Manning for a hotel in Newaygo, giving to defendant Trust Company a trust mortgage' of the hotel property to secure a note to bearer, to cover the balance. Defendants Manning defrauded plaintiffs in the trade. The trade included furnishings of the.hotel, for the purchase of which plaintiffs gave notes to defendants Manning. The bulk sales act (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 6346 et seq.) was not followed because defendants represented they owed no debts escept two, which plaintiffs assumed. The representation was false.

Plaintiffs…