Bell v. Felt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for Rescission of a Contract of Sale for Fraud.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
Appellees urge that whatever deception or fraud may have been practiced upon appellant by Mason, they were neither parties to nor concerned in it; that Mason was never in any way their agent nor did they have knowledge or notice that he intended to practice any fraud upon or in any way deceive appellant; that they did not, nor did any one on their behalf, represent to appellant that the price of the patents was $25,000.
We can readily understand how appellant, being told by Mason that the purchase price was $25,000, and acting under this belief, can have honestly cometo think that Felt and…
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