Fox v. Hirschfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry E. Fox, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the of6.ce of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of October, 1912, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of October, 1912, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action at law to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through false and fraudulent representations made by the defendant with a view to inducing and which did induce the plaintiff to enter into and to consummate a contract in writing for the purchase of certain premises known as No. 70 East One Hundred and Thirteenth street, borough of Manhattan, New York.
In behalf of the plaintiff evidence was given tending to show that material false representations were knowingly made to him by the defendant to induce him to purchase the property, and that…
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