Hill v. Roper

Citations

• 33 Ohio C.C. Dec. 661
• 22 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 455
• 1905 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 387

Syllabus

<p>CORPORATIONS — FRAUD—PARTIES</p> <p>1. When Transaction is Joint Plaintiffs are Properly Joined.</p> <p>When a fair construction of the language of a petition shows that what plaintiffs did in the transaction complained of was done by them jointly, there is no misjoinder of parties plaintiff.</p> <p>2. False Representations that Worthless Stock Sold Plaintiff is Treasury Stock not Actionable.</p> <p>No action for damages for inducing plaintiff to purchase worthless stock through false and fraudulent representations can be maintained, when the only false representation was that the stock in question was treasury stock when as a matter of fact it was defendant’s own personal stock.</p>