| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1828 - 810 pages
...action on, and that there is no contract in this case. This is not the true principle : it is this ; he who affirms either what he does not know to be...morality and law guilty of falsehood, and must answer in damages. But here is a contract : the Plaintiff is hired by Defendant to sell, which implies a warranty... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Patrick Dow, Charles Clarke - Law reports, digests, etc - 1832 - 552 pages
...principle of law, that he who affirms either that which he does not know to be true, or that which he knows to be false, to another's prejudice, and his own gain, is a wrong-doer, and must answer in damages for the injury occasioned by such falsehood. Secondly. —... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - Law reports, digests, etc - 1832 - 534 pages
...principle of law, that he who affirms either that which he does not know to be true, or that which he knows to be false, to another's prejudice, and his own gain, is a wrong-doer, and must answer in damages for the injury occasioned by such falsehood. Secondly.—That... | |
| William Paley - Agency (Law) - 1847 - 732 pages
...action on, and that there is no contract in this case. This is not the true principle : it is this, he who affirms either what he does not know to be...morality and law, guilty of falsehood, and must answer in damages. But here is a contract : the plaintiff is hired by the defendant to sell, which implies... | |
| John William Smith - Contracts - 1847 - 438 pages
...BEST CJ, exactly to the same efflct, in Adamson v. Jarvis, A damson v. 4Bing.66: "He who affirms B^tTl either what he does not know to be true, or knows...morality and law, guilty of falsehood, and must answer in damages." " In the case of Humphrys Humpbrys v. Pratt, 5 Bligh, NI 154., "• Prattf Now, with regard... | |
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