Buttitta v. Lawrence

This cause is here on appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District on certificate of importance granted by that court. It is an action brought by appellees against appellants for fraud and deceit. The first two counts of the declaration charge that plaintiffs, who were illiterate and ignorant, employed the defendant White to sell or exchange certain property owned by plaintiffs in the city of Urbana; that White entered into a conspiracy with defendant Lawrence to defraud plaintiffs; that pursuant to such conspiracy the defendants offered to trade to plaintiffs, in exchange for the…