Stewart v. Winter

Action of deceit. On motion therefor, the Justice presiding directed a verdict for the defendant. The case is before us on two exceptions, first to the direction of the verdict, and second, to the ruling of the Court in ordering all of the testimony of the plaintiffs’ witness, Harold S. White, to be stricken from the record as inadmissible.

FIRST EXCEPTION

The action is founded on nine alleged false and fraudulent representations, all of which, excepting one, clearly did not pertain to any existing or preexisting fact but were simply promises for performance of acts in the future. Promises of…