Hill v. Dillon
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court.—Mon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) Representations which amount merely to an expression of opinion and which do not imply knowledge and about which men differ are not fraudulent, although not true and known to be so by the party making them and afford no relief against a contract. 1 Bigelow bn Fraud, p. 473; Brown v. L. & Z. Co., 194 Mo. 681; Cornwall v. Real Estate Co., 150 Mo. 377; "Wilson v. Jackson, 167 Mo. 156; Harrison v. Walden, 89…
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Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court.—Mon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) Representations which amount merely to an expression of opinion and which do not imply knowledge and about which men differ are not fraudulent, although not true and known to be so by the party making them and afford no relief against a contract. 1 Bigelow bn Fraud, p. 473; Brown v. L. & Z. Co., 194 Mo. 681; Cornwall v. Real Estate Co., 150 Mo. 377; "Wilson v. Jackson, 167 Mo. 156; Harrison v. Walden, 89 Mo. App. 164; Nauman v. Oberle, 90 Mo. 666; Cohn v. Reed, 18 Mo. App. 115; Gordon v. Butler, 105 U. S. 553. (2) False…
1Opinion of the Court
A. E. SPENCER, Special Judge.
is the secThisond appeal of this case. The opinion on the former appeal is reported in 151 Mo. App. 86,131 S. W. 728. The *196action is on a negotiable promissory note, and brought by an endorsee against the makers. The petition is in the usual form. The answer consists, first, of a general denial; second, of an admission of the execution of the note and of the endorsement, with a specific denial that the plaintiff is a purchaser for value before maturity, it being alleged that the assignment of the note to plaintiff was without consideration and to enable the payee…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- McNight v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Rothrock v. Cordz-Fisher Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Second National Bank v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Hodge v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
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