Howton v. E. A. Strout Farm Agency
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for deceit in the sale of a farm. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1914, Windham County, Waterman, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendants excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This action is for fraud and deceit in the sale of real estate. Verdict and judgment were against the defendant Farm Agency for $550. Exceptions were taken.
The evidence in behalf of the plaintiffs tended to show that prior to May 24, 1913, they lived in Canada; that they saw in a catalogue of the defendant agency an advertisement offering for sale a farm in Vermont; that upon reading the advertisement they determined to purchase the farm, sold out their real and personal holdings in Canada and came to Brattleboro, where the advertisement bore date, and thereafter purchased the farm in…
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