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  "name": "W. P. Potter, Plaintiff in Error, v. S. A. Gibson et al., Defendants in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Potter v. Gibson",
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    "id": 8837,
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "W. P. Potter, Plaintiff in Error, v. S. A. Gibson et al., Defendants in Error."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Philbrick\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Philbrick"
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    "attorneys": [
      "J. E. Winterbotham and E. A. Perry, for plaintiff in error.",
      "McAnulty & Allen, for defendants in error, H. M. Merriam and Illinois National Bank."
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    "head_matter": "W. P. Potter, Plaintiff in Error, v. S. A. Gibson et al., Defendants in Error.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nFraud, \u00a7 35 \u2014when statements as to financial condition of corporation not actionable. In an action on the case to recover money paid for stock in a corporation, alleged to have been induced by the misrepresentations concerning the financial condition of the company made by defendants to whom plaintiff had been referred by the seller, a direction of a verdict for defendants held not error where some of the statements and representations were mere expressions of opinion and others were made after the plaintiff had raised money to make the investment so that plaintiff could not have relied thereon.\nError to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1912.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 18, 1913.\nRehearing denied October 15, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by W. P. Potter against S. A. Gibson, A. C. Gibson, G. A. Gibson, J. Francis Miller, Illinois National Bank and H. M. Merriam, to recover the sum of four thousand dollars alleged to have been paid by plaintiff for stock in a certain corporation upon the misrepresentations of defendants as to the solvency and financial condition of such corporation. Plaintiff dismissed the action as against the Gibsons. From a judgment entered in favor of other defendants on a directed verdict, plaintiff brings error.\nJ. E. Winterbotham and E. A. Perry, for plaintiff in error.\nMcAnulty & Allen, for defendants in error, H. M. Merriam and Illinois National Bank.\nSce Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number."
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