Bollman v. Loomis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, upon the common counts; brought by appeal from a justice to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County. The following facts were found by the court:— In the latter part of the year 1872, Mrs. W. C. Robinson called at the store of~ the defendant to look at pianos which he kept for sale.
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Assumpsit, upon the common counts; brought by appeal from a justice to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County. The following facts were found by the court:— In the latter part of the year 1872, Mrs. W. C. Robinson called at the store of~ the defendant to look at pianos which he kept for sale. She saw there one which pleased her, so far as the outside appearance was concerned, but not being willing to purchase entirely upon her own judgment, it was suggested that the plaintiff, who was a friend of F. A. Robinson, a brother of her husband and an acquaintance of hers, should examine the…
1Opinion of the CourtPoster, J.
The principle involved in this case is doubtless of importance; but the amount involved, pecuniarily, is small; so small, as in our opinion hardly to justify bringing the matter here to be decided.
There was gross duplicity on the part of the plaintiff in *583acting as the confidential friend and adviser of the purchaser of the piano, and at the same time as agent of the vendor, employed by him expressly to effect a sale.
The party proposing to purchase was deceived. Instead of getting, as he supposed he was, the opinion of the plaintiff as an expert, without bias and without interest, acting…
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