Littlehale v. Osgood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, for alleged false representations by the! lessors that a house was in good sanitary condition. Writs dated February 12 and 13,1891, respectively. Trial in the Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows.
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Two actions of tort, for alleged false representations by the! lessors that a house was in good sanitary condition. Writs dated February 12 and 13,1891, respectively. Trial in the Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. On December 7, 1888, the plaintiff, Albert W. Littlehale, hired the premises, furnished, of the defendants, and with his family, including his minor child Blanche, the plaintiff in the second action, entered into occupation thereof, and continued to occupy them as a tenant at will until March 3, 1890. On February 10,1890,…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
These cases appear to have been tried on the count in each declaration which alleges a false representation made by the defendants to the plaintiff in the first case to the effect that the house was in good sanitary condition. Whether such a representation was made was in controversy. The bill of exceptions on this point is as follows : “ The plaintiffs offered evidence tending to show a representation by the defendants of the good sanitary condition of the premises, made at the time when they entered into occupation of the same, which representation was denied by the defendants.”
No question…
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