Everson v. J. L. Owens Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $2,000. The facts are stated at the beginning of the opinion. The ease was tried before Fish, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. From an order denying his motion to amend the complaint and his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover $2,000 paid for 20 shares of the capital stock of the J. L. Owens Manufacturing Company, alleging that the defendants, by false and fraudulent representations, had induced him to buy this stock in the belief that it was capital stock of the J. L. Owens Company, a different corporation, and that he had. rescinded the contract of purchase on account of this deception. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, defendants rested without offering any evidence, and made a motion for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff had failed to prove a…
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- Parsons v. McKinleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- School Sisters of Notre Dame v. KusnittCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915
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