Tate v. Jackson

JUDGE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from an order dismissing their amended complaint charging the defendant in an action in tort based on fraud and deceit.

The allegations of the contested complaint are substantially as follows: The defendant, who is engaged in the business of constructing and selling residences, induced the plaintiffs to purchase a certain residence by stating that it “was well constructed in a good and substantial manner and that he himself had built it”; that the plaintiffs purchased in reliance upon these representations,…