Chieppo v. Chieppo
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for alleged false and fraudulent representations to the effect that a so-called corporation, of which the defendants claimed to be officers, had been fully organized and was competent to transact business, in reliance upon which the plaintiff was induced to loan it $1,696, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Gager, J facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant Russo appealed.
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Action to recover damages for alleged false and fraudulent representations to the effect that a so-called corporation, of which the defendants claimed to be officers, had been fully organized and was competent to transact business, in reliance upon which the plaintiff was induced to loan it $1,696, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Gager, J facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant Russo appealed. The amended complaint alleges, in substance: that the defendants, on November 2d, 1908, filed a certificate of incorporation of The…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
This is an action in the nature of an action of deceit. The deceit alleged is in falsely rep resenting that the corporation, in whose name the note in question was executed, was then lawfully authorized to execute the note; and the important question presented by this appeal is whether the facts found are sufficient to support a judgment against the individual defendants for the face of the note with interest.
The plaintiff’s claim is that the defendants are personally liable on the note because they assumed to execute it. as agents for a principal who was legally incapable of making such a…
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