Legal Opinion

Hoptowit v. Brown

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 23, 1921No. 16214PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Holden, J., entered August 2,1920, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of plaintiff, in an action for damages for misrepresentations in obtaining title to certain real property.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

J. — On May 5, 1919, the respondent, • Hattie Purns Hoptowit, conveyed by warranty deed to the appellant, Reese B. Brown, an eighty-acre tract of land situated on the Yakima Indian Reservation. In this action the respondent recovered in damages against the appellants, based on the ground that she had been induced to sell the land at much less than its actual, value by false and fraudulent representations made by the appellant, Reese B. Brown, and confirmed *663by her brother, whom the appellant had hired for that purpose. The appeal is from the judgment entered.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. White v. HarriganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  2. Midland Valley R. Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920

3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. State v. GilmanWashington Supreme Court · 1963
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  4. Easton v. ChaffeeWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Davis v. Associated Fruit Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1925

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