Lewy v. Clarke Avenue, Inc.

Judgment unanimously reversed upon the law, with thirty dollars costs to appellant, and complaint dismissed, with appropriate costs in the court below.

During the trial the court properly held that the case did not • establish any fraud. In disposing of the requests to charge, the court in effect held that there could be no recovery upon an express *17warranty, as such a warranty had to be in writing. The case was left to the jury upon the theory of an implied warranty. This was error. Upon the sale of real property the rule of caveat emptor applies. (27 R. C. L. 668, § 431.)

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