Langdon v. Green
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. ‘ ‘ The vendee has the right to act and contract on the faith of any statement of fact made to him by the other party; and it cannot be imputed to want of diligence that he made no inquiry to ascertain the truth of such statement, but he had the right to rely and act upon such statements as true.”
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Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. ‘ ‘ The vendee has the right to act and contract on the faith of any statement of fact made to him by the other party; and it cannot be imputed to want of diligence that he made no inquiry to ascertain the truth of such statement, but he had the right to rely and act upon such statements as true.” (Mead, Adm’r, v. Bunn, 32 N. Y. 275; Whitney v. Allair, 1 N. Y. 309; Smith v. Countyman, 30 N. Y. 655 ; Bryan v. Hitchcock, 43 Mo. 528 ; Van Epp v. Harrison, 5 W. Hill, 63 ; Sanford v. Handley, 23 Wend. 259 ; Haight y. Iiayt, 19 N. Y. 464, 474; Hubbard v. Briggs, 31 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant on a promissory note for $1,000. The answer set up that the note was given in part payment of the purchase-money for one-tenth of the Lexington ferryboat and franchises, and about six hundred acres of land and certain lots*in the city of Lexington; that the plaintiff made certain representations as to the yearly earnings of the ferryboat and the quality of the land, and that only a certain amount had been washed away by the Missouri river; that, relying on the truth of said representations, and without further investigation,…
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