D sought to purchase land from P. D told P that he was going to build dwellings on the lot. D was going to build an automobile garage. P sold to D and then D began to build the garage. P tried to recover the lot out of court and D refused. P sued D for fraud. A referee found in favor of P and D appealed.

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