Petrelli Coal Co. v. Petrelli

Litz, Judge:

Tlie bill shows that the defendant, by false and fraudulent representations of facts respecting the value of certain coal lands which he then owned in Brooke County, West Virginia, induced John D. Kane, C. J. Francis, E. M. Dun-levy, L. 0. Brafford, and Harry S. Jones, as parties of the first part, to enter into a written agreement with him (as party of the second part) dated September 29, 1920, whereby the defendant promised to convey said lands to a corporation thereafter chartered under the name of Petrelli Coal Company, in consideration of the sum of $50,000 and 100 shares of…