Weitzel v. Jukich

KEETON, Justice.

Respondents, plaintiffs in the trial court, brought this action against appellants (defendants) to recover damages for alleged misrepresentation and deceit, claimed to be fraudulent, which induced the respondents to enter into a lease covering certain real estate.

On November 17, 1949, appellants published an ad in the Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, reading:

“Grade A dairy farm, no stock, modern conveniences: phone electricity, mail, school bus route; good buildings, cut 300 tons hay a year. Samuels, Idaho, phone 17 F3, Sandpoint, Idaho.”

Respondents read the ad and…