Miles v. Mead
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Cowlitz county, Darch, J., entered May 6, 1916, granting a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for fraud.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This appeal is from an order granting a new trial. The appellant sued the respondent and alleged two causes of action: First, to the effect that the respondent fraudulently represented that a tract of land which the appellant was about to buy contained 88% acres, when, in fact, it contained but 74% acres, and that the respondent knew this fact when he made the representations; and that, because of such representations, the appellant paid $4,000 in cash for the tract of land, and was damaged in the sum of $630 because of the fraud practiced. The second cause of action alleged that the…
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