Weston v. Brown

The sole question presented is whether or not an action can be maintained for negligent misrepresentation. This question was answered affirmatively in the case of Cunningham v. Company, 74 N. H. 435, and a further review of the authorities on the subject would appear to be unnecessary. But it is urged that the Cunningham case was an action for personal injuries, and is therefore distinguishable from the case at hand. Once granting, however, that damage has resulted from reasonable reliance upon a negligent misstatement, it is difficult to perceive why liability should be made to depend upon…