Webster v. Palm Beach Ocean Realty Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The principal ground of demurrer is that the bill fails to show such misrepresentation as entitles the complainant to the relief prayed for. That there was, if the allegations of the bill be true, a misrepresentation, that it was false, that the defendant knew it was false, that it induced the complainant to enter into the contract, cannot be questioned, for the allegations touching these particulars are clear.
• But the demurrant argues that granting all of this, no relief should be afforded because the misrepresentation charged is purely collateral and not material to the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Colonial Development Corp. v. BragdonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Edward Thompson Co. v. SchroederSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Omar Oil & Gas Co. v. Mackenzie Oil Co.New York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1926
- Tyler v. WrightMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
- Painter v. Lebanon Land Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1910
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