 | Law - 1907
...to create an impression which is false, and then profiting by the false impression thus created. 10. The affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true is equally, in morals and law, as unjust as the affirmation of that known to be positively false. 11. Where there is misrepresentation... | |
 | Albert Hutchinson Putney - Law - 1908
...be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know, or...false. And even if the party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, " Toner vs. Menssdorffer, 123 Cal., the falsity of the statement is 462; 56 Pac.,... | |
 | Albert H. Putney - Law - 1908
...be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know, or...false. And even if the party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, " Toner vs. Menssdorffer, 123 Cal., the falsity of the statement is 462; 56 Pac.,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911
...be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know, or...false. And even if the party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, it is equally conclusive, for it operates as a surprise and imposition on the other... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915
...false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial ; for the affirmation of what one does not know or believe...true is equally in morals and law as unjustifiable ns the affirmation of what Is known to be positively false. And even If the party Innocently misrepresents... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - Contracts - 1916 - 1779 pages
...untrue. In such a case he acts falsely, to his own knowledge, and the law imputes a fraudulent intent.488 The affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true is equally, in morals and in law, as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.4" Hence we have... | |
 | Fred P. Caldwell - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1916
...knew it to be false or made the assertion without knowing whether it was true or not, is immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true is as equally unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be false. Foard v. McComb, 12 Bush,... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - Law - 1917
...objection, of the rent is such a ratification.19 42. What Constitutes Fraud. — It is a general rule that the affirmation of what one does not know or believe...the affirmation of what is known to be positively false,20 and this rule has been applied to representations by a lessor as to facts not supposed in... | |
 | Joseph Story - Equity - 1918
...equally in morals and law as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.6 And even if the party innocently misrepresents a material fact by mistake, 1 Cottingham v. Ins. Co., 168 NC 259, 84 SE 274. * White Sewing Machine Co. v. Bullock, 161 NC 1, 76... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920
...be false or made the assertion without knowing whether it was true or false, is wholly immaterial ; for the affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true is 42 Opinion. equally, in morals and in law, unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be... | |
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Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial; for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe to be true, is equally, in morals and... 
