Legal Opinion
Landley v. Fischer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 1929PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
After three similar complaints had been dismissed for failure to state a cause of action, the motion to dismiss this fourth complaint for insufficiency was denied at Special Term. •Defendants appeal.
*353The plaintiff is suing upon the theory of a common-law action for damages for fraud. The gist of the complaint is that the defendants conducted a so-called social club for the playing of card games for money, invited the plaintiff to visit the premises and introduced him to various persons for the purpose of playing cards for money, representing to the plaintiff that the persons so introduced were…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Meech v. . StonerNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Haynes v. . RuddNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Babcock v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1826
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- Richter v. Empire Trust Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1937
- In re FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- Cross v. KatzCivil Court of the City of New York · 1972