Overall v. State

Citations

• 128 Miss. 59
• 90 So. 484

Syllabus

<p>False Pretenses. Vendor not informing ptir chaser of lien not guilty where purchaser knew of it.</p> <p>Under section 1168, Code 1906 (section 895, Hemingway’s Code), the seller of incumbered property who fails to inform the purchaser of the exact status of the property as affected by the lien is not guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses where the purchaser knows of the lien before purchase; there being no deception and injury of purchaser by seller within the spirit of the statute.</p>