Supreme Court of North Carolina March 26, 1952, 20 (Foster v. Snead)

ValeNTINB, J.

The defendant’s allegation of fraud consists of an assertion that the plaintiff falsely and fraudulently stated to him that he sold from six to eight thousand gallons of gas per month in the operation of the filling station and that the business was worth $1,000.00 per month and that defendant acted upon these false and fraudulent statements to his injury.