Parker v. Rodes

This suit was instituted in the Moberly court of common pleas against defendants Rodes and Priest and one Holt to recover the value of certain goods sold by plaintiffs to defendant Holt.

*89It is averred in the petition: That on the 24th day of February, 1879, the defendant, S. W. Holt, purchased of plaintiffs goods and merchandise to the amount of $131.52 ; that defendant Holt, at the time of said purchase, falsely represented himself to be perfectly solvent, and upon said representation plaintiffs were induced to. sell said goods, when in truth and in fact, said Holt was hopelessly insolvent;…