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WISER v. LAWLER

No. 174.

189 U.S. 260 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 624

47 L.Ed. 802

WISER v. LAWLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.F. Gallagher and Mr. G.W. Kretzinger for appellants.

Mr. William C. Scarritt and Mr. H.C. McDougal for appellees. Mr. E.L. Scarritt was on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The principal defendants to this suit are Lawler and Wells, (hereinafter termed "the defendants") and the case turns upon their complicity in and responsibility for the contents of the prospectuses, which are full of exaggerated and delusive statements, and were undoubtedly a gross fraud upon persons who took stock upon the faith...

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