Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1802

Cochran v. Cummings

Cochran v. Cummings
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided December 15, 1802 · Shippen
4 U.S. 217 (United States Reports)
Cochran v. Cummings

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Opinion of the Court

By Shippen, Chief Justice.

— Wherever there is a gross misrepresentation of facts, relating to the subject of a contract, the contract is fraudulent and void; If, therefore, the jury shall he of opinion, that such a misrepresentation was made, in the present instance, they should consider the conveyance as no payment, although the plaintiffs agreed, under the deception, to accept it in satisfaction; and the verdict must he for damages to the whole amount of the demand.

Verdict, accordingly, for the plaintiffs’ whole demand.

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