ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:
I.
This action has been brought by the payees on a $16,800.00 sight draft made and delivered by an experienced lessee of oil and gas rights. The maker admits delivery of the draft and that it was intended as payment of the agreed-upon rental, but charges affirmatively that it was procured by fraudulent misrepresentation.
A Rankin County jury rejected the maker's fraud defense and returned a verdict in favor of the...
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