Paddock v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the case, to recover damage for the fraud of the defendants. General demurrer to the declaration. The court at the December term, 1868, Caledonia county, Steele, J., presiding, pro forma, held the declaration sufficient, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff, to which the defendants excepted.
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Action on the case, to recover damage for the fraud of the defendants. General demurrer to the declaration. The court at the December term, 1868, Caledonia county, Steele, J., presiding, pro forma, held the declaration sufficient, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff, to which the defendants excepted. “ The declaration alleged in substance, that November 11, 1865, the defendants were interested in twenty-five acres of Canada oil lands ; that they fraudulently conspired to deceive whomsoever they might be able, by selling ten acres of the said twenty-five at a price greatly above its true…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wilson, J.
This is an action on the case to recover damage for the fraud of the defendants, and the questions arise upon general demurrer to the declaration. The facts set forth in the declaration, and admitted by the demurrer, show that the defend*392ants, by their false and fraudulent combination and conspiracy, and by their false and fraudulent acts, statements and representations, deceived the plaintiff, and by reason thereof he was induced to subscribe, and did subscribe for a share of the stock of the proposed company, and to join in organizing the…
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