Cote v. Christy

Citations

• 10 Pa. Super. 318
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 280

Syllabus

<p>Sale — Expressions as to value by vendor not warranty.</p> <p>The vendor of property may hold and.express to a vendee views of value quite at variance with those held by persons having no interest without vitiating a sale made of property. An expression of opinion is not in any sense a warranty; representation as to value however exaggerated, false and deceptive it may be, is not actionable if the subject <jf the sale be open to the buyer’s observation.</p> <p>Practice, G. P. — Sufficiency of affidavit.</p> <p>An affidavit of defense on a suit on a promissory note given for chattels, after opportunity for inspection by vendee, is insufficient when, not alleging fraud, it sets up that vendee has been misled by vendor’s representations inducing purchase.</p>