Nevin

It is averred in the verified complaint filed by plaintiff that all of the defendants named entered into a conspiracy to cheat and defraud plaintiff and others out of money and property, and in furtherance thereof caused a certain contract to be entered into between plaintiff and the defendants other than The Palms Land, Light and Water Company, by which it was agreed by the subscribers respectively to pay certain sums of money in order to raise a fund for the purchase of certain real property, no part of which fund was payable until $90,000 had been subscribed, and, in that event, twenty-five per cent of the amount subscribed was made payable and the remainder when necessary to complete the purchase. It is averred that said $90,000 was never subscribed and no land was in fact ever purchased, or intended to be purchased, facts well known at all times by the defendants. That C. D. Pollock, one of the said conspirators, represented to plaintiff that said $90,000 had been subscribed for the purchase of said land, and plaintiff, acting upon this information, paid him the sum of $700 upon her subscription. That thereafter P. B. Clarke, Jr., and C. N. Gary, two of said defendants,…