Vouros v. Pierce
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for alleged false and fraudulent representations in regard to the value of the business of a restaurant at 65 Merrimac Street in Boston, as described in the opinion, whereby the plaintiffs were induced to pay the defendant for the fixtures and good will of the restaurant the sum of $325. Writ dated August 1, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Bell, J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for alleged false and fraudulent representations in regard to the value of the business of a restaurant at 65 Merrimac Street in Boston, as described in the opinion, whereby the plaintiffs were induced to pay the defendant for the fixtures and good will of the restaurant the sum of $325. Writ dated August 1, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Bell, J. The evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the judge to make or give, among others, the following rulings or instructions: “1. On all the evidence the jury must find for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The jury could find that the defendant represented that he had a restaurant for sale, the weekly gross receipts of which were from $25 to $40 weekly, leaving a net income of $10, and that the plaintiffs who had been employed in restaurants but desired to go into business for themselves, believing the representations to be true, were induced to purchase, paying part of the consideration when the bargain was struck and the balance when the bill of sale was delivered at the office of the defendant’s counsel. The representations were material. Gurney v. Tenney, 197 Mass. 457. Thomson v.…
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