Edmonds v. Spanish River Pulp & Paper Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit by Edward Ames Edmonds against the Spanish River Pulp & Paper Company, Eimited. The complainant filed his bill in the circuit court tor Outagamie county, Wis., the same having been removed to this court, wherein he alleges: First.
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In Equity. Suit by Edward Ames Edmonds against the Spanish River Pulp & Paper Company, Eimited. The complainant filed his bill in the circuit court tor Outagamie county, Wis., the same having been removed to this court, wherein he alleges: First. That on April 20, 1907, the parties to the suit entered into an agreement, the complainant being induced to enter into said agreement in reliance upon the truth of certain material representations made by the defendant, and but for which he would not have entered into the same. Second. That on the date mentioned the defendant represented that it had…
1Opinion of the CourtGeiger, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] Upon the trial the complainant urged his right to relief upon three grounds:
First. That the defendant had falsely and fraudulently misrepresented to him its title and ownership of the water power appurtenant to its mill property- — in substance, that it represented absolute ownership, when in truth and in fact it did not own it, but that the title to said water power rested in the provincial government of Ontario.
Second. That the defendant falsely and fraudulently represented that it had the right to flow or flood the lands covered by the provincial…
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