Van De Sande v. Hall
New York Supreme Court
Trial by court. This was an action for the recovery of rent, upon a lease given by John T. Van De Sande to the defendant, and assigned by John T. Van De Sande to the plaintiff.
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Trial by court. This was an action for the recovery of rent, upon a lease given by John T. Van De Sande to the defendant, and assigned by John T. Van De Sande to the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed in his complaint to recover $200. One of the defences set up by the defendant in his answer was, that John T. Van De Sande falsely and fraudulently affirmed, with intent to deceive the defendant, that the demised premises contained thirty-two acres of land, whereas, in fact, they contained but about twenty-eight acres, which fact was known to. John T. Van De Sande at the time of making such…
1Opinion of the Court
Paige, Justice.
The defence of a false representation by John T. Van De Sande, in respect to the quantity of land contained in the lease, is not sustained by the evidence. The proof does not satisfy me that the representation was wilfully and designedly false; or that it misled the defendant and induced him to enter into the lease. Before accepting the lease the defendant examined the premises, and had an opportunity of ascertaining for himself the quanty of land embraced in the lease. The case comes within the principle of Faure agt. Martin, (3 Seld. 210.) Where a contract for the purchase of…
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