Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Co. v. Acker

The substantial question here presented upon the facts is as to which of the two parties, each innocent of the fraud perpetrated by Londo, the owner of the real estate, shall be held to suffer the loss occasioned by such fraud.

The defendants Acker, paying a valuable and substantial consideration and in a good-faith purchase from Londo of lot 9, were entitled to rely upon the assurance conveyed upon the face and in the form of the release signed on plaintiff’s behalf, and nothing in the nature of any want of ordinary care or failure to exercise reasonable precautions can be charged against…