Stryk v. Mnichowicz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Taylor county: G-. N. Risjoed, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for deceit. Tbe plaintiff operates a box factory.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Taylor county: G-. N. Risjoed, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for deceit. Tbe plaintiff operates a box factory. Tbe defendant’s son, Alfonse, Jr., was employed by tbe plaintiff in bis factory October 14, 1914, and injured in tbe course of that employment December 11, 1914. Tbe boy was but fourteen years of age at tbe time of bis employment, but tbe plaintiff claims tbat tbe defendant, for tbe purpose of securing tbe employment of bis son, represented tbat tbe son was over sixteen years of age at tbe time, and tbat tbe son was employed on tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsnow, C. J.
The following propositions are decided in this case:
1. Where a person is induced by the false representation of another to do an act which in consequence of such misrepresentation he (without negligence on his part) believes to be neither illegal nor immoral, and which would not be illegal or immoral if the representation were true, but which is in fact a criminal offense, he may recover from the maker of the representation any damages sustained by him proximately resulting from the act. Burrows v. Rhodes, [1899] 1 Q. B. 816; Morrill v. Palmer, 68 Vt. 1, 33 Atl. 829, 33 L. R. A. 411; Hess v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stetz v. F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
- Morrill v. PalmerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1895
- Hess v. CulverMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Colle v. Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
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