Durward v. Hubbell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Court. — Hon. O. D. Wi-ieeler, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for fraud and deceit concerning the quality and value of land. After a verdict for defendant, the trial court sustained a motion for a new trial and defendant appeals.
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, owning a livery stock at Defiance, in Shelby County, exchanged it with one Illiff for land situated in Payette County. When the exchange was proposed, plaintiff, never having seen the land, employed the defendant to visit and examine it and report to him the facts thus ascertained. lie alleges that defendant examined or pretended to examine the land and reported it to be of good soil, well improved, and worth $G5 per acre. He further alleges that, relying upon said representations, he made the exchange, but has since ascertained that said representations were false, and that the…
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