Court Opinion

ID: 9826011
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:11:35.040362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:52:26.619326
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Gage.
I concur with the Chief Justice. The testimony is preponderant that the mill was erected and operated properly; that its output fell very far short of what the defendant represented it would be; that the mill was in fact a failure, no matter what other mills were. The plaintiff promptly commenced his action for relief; he did not wait to be sued for the price. There is no suggestion in the whole record that the plaintiff is merely trying to get out of a bad bargain.
Fraud is a subtle agency, and generally operates from hiding. The trial Judge saw the witnesses and approved the verdict. The law of fraud was correctly charged, for there is no exception to the charge. I am content to let the case rest where the Court and jury put it.