 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...  The Northwestern Reporter - Σελίδα 6041883Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1880 - 942 σελίδες
...is wholly immaterial ( Wright v. Snowe, 2 DeG. g Sm. S2T); for the affirmation of what oue does not know or believe to be true, is equally, in morals...affirmation of what is known to be positively false. Anslie v. Medlycott, 9 Ves. 21 ; Taylor v. Ashton, 11 M. g W. 401 ; Doggelt v. Emmerson, 3 Story C.... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1839 - 658 σελίδες
...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...affirmation of what is known to be positively false. 5 And even if the party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, it is equally conclusive; for it... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1846 - 1178 σελίδες
...without any precise knowledge on the subject is immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe, to be true, is equally in morals...affirmation of what is known to be positively false. So if a party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, it is equally conclusive ; for it operates... | |
 | William Paley - 1847 - 732 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1847 - 556 σελίδες
...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...what is known to be positively false. And even if a party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, it is equally conclusive, for it operates as a... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1841 - 912 σελίδες
...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...affirmation of what is known to be positively false," and he adds, "even if the party innocently misrepresents a material fact by mistake, it is equally conclusive,... | |
 | John William Smith - 1847 - 438 σελίδες
...false, is wholly immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true in equally, in morals and law, as unjustifiable as the...false; and even if the party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, it is equally conclusive, for it operates as a surprise and imposition upon the other... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1847 - 634 σελίδες
...whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial ; for the affirmation of what one does not knnw, or believe to be true, is equally in morals and law,...unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positive, ly false. And even if the party innocently misrepresents a fact by mistake, it is equally... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1849 - 714 σελίδες
...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...affirmation of what is known to be positively false." Story's Com. on Eq. §193. This rule of manifest equity and sound morality, we have seen, was recognized... | |
 | Maryland. Courts: High Court of Chancery - 1851 - 616 σελίδες
...is false, is deceived by it. For, as Mr. Justice Story says, "the affirmation of what one does not know or believe to be true, is equally in morals and law as unjustifiable, as the affirmation of what one knows to be positively false." 1 Story's Eq., sec., 193. Now, it may very well be, that the defendant,... | |
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