Swift v. Rounds
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for deceit. Certified from the Common Pleas Division on demurrer to the declaration.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
This is trespass on the. case for deceit. The first count in the declaration alleges that the defendant, intending to deceive and defraud the intending to pay for^he same, but intending wickedly and fraudulently to cheat the plaintiffs out of the value of said goods and chattels, which said sum of $400 the defendant refuses to pay, to the plaintiffs’ damage, &c. The second count, after setting out the fraudulent conduct aforesaid, alleges that the defendant thereby then and there represented that he intended to pay for said goods, but that he did not then and there intend to pay for the same,…
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