Skola v. Merrill

The plaintiff alleges that he was induced to buy certain shares of stock of the defendant Deseret Mortuary Company through false and fraudulent representations made to him by defendants and also by reason of threats made by his wife to the effect that she would divorce him unless he purchased said stock. He alleges that defendants, by false and fraudulent representations, and in order to enlist her in their scheme to sell him stock, so incited and inflamed her against him that she threatened him with divorce unless he purchased the stock. Upon discovering that the representations were false…