Vail v. . Reynolds
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made December 31, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made December 31, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. In an action to recover damages for deceit in the sale of property, the false representations must be material to the pecuniary value of the property. They must be of such nature that their truth or falsity would affect the intrinsic character and…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages sustained by fraudulent representations inducing the purchase of stock of the Cisco Consolidated Gold Mining Company and had a judgment in her favor, which has been affirmed at the General Term.
We think there was ample testimony to justify the submission of the case to the jury, and the exception to the denial of the motion to dismiss the complaint need not be further alluded to.
The principal question on this appeal arises upon an exception to the charge upon the measure of damages.
The learned trial judge very fully and carefully instructed…
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