Latimer v. Piper

In the spring of 1927, Donald M. Ward, who had formerly been engaged in selling Florida resort property, became interested in the Long Point Hotel property at Mullett lake, in Cheboygan county. He associated himself with Donald Y. Barker of Grand Rapids, an automobile sales agent, with whom he had had previous dealings. They interested defendant Hilton A. Piper of Muskegon, and the three together, taking advantage of Piper’s wide acquaintance in Muskegon, sought to interest a number of its prominent residents. They represented that the Long Point property could be purchased for $60,000; that…