Blacknall v. . Rowland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, brought by appeal from Dujrham Superior Court, before Boykin, J. This action is brought to recover damages occasioned by the false and fraudulent representations of the defendants to the plaintiff, whereby the latter was intentionally misled and induced to buy from the defendants certain shares of the capital stock, of no value, of a corporation named, and in consideration thereof to convey to the defendants his tract land of great value, etc.
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Civil ACTION, brought by appeal from Dujrham Superior Court, before Boykin, J. This action is brought to recover damages occasioned by the false and fraudulent representations of the defendants to the plaintiff, whereby the latter was intentionally misled and induced to buy from the defendants certain shares of the capital stock, of no value, of a corporation named, and in consideration thereof to convey to the defendants his tract land of great value, etc. Plaving in view the transaction referred to, the parties executed a paper-writing, whereof the following is a copy: “ W. IT. Rowland and…
1Opinion of the Court
MekriMON, C. J.:
The cause of action alleged in the complaint consists, in substance, of the alleged false and fraudulent representations of the defendants made to the plaintiff in the paper-writing, a copy of which is set forth above, and otherwise as to the condition, circumstances and solvency of the corporation therein named, which the plaintiff reasonably believed to be true, and whereby he was fraudulently misled and induced to buy the shares of stock mentioned of the defendants in that corporation, which were realty of no value, and to convey to them his tract pf land mentioned of large…
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