Crawford v. Armacost

Citations

• 85 Wash. 622
• 149 P. 31
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1298

Syllabus

<p>Fraud — Misrepresentations—Matters of Record' — Reliance. A party may rely upon a statement as to a fact made to him by another as a basis for a mutual engagement, where the facts are unknown to him but known to the other and are made for the purpose of inducing a reliance thereon, even though the statement was as to the amount of city assessments against lots, which was a matter of record, the truth or falsity of which could have been ascertained by an inspection of the public records.</p> <p>Fraud — Misrepresentations — Vendor and Purchaser. A false representation as to the estimate of the cost of a street improvement made to a prospective purchaser is a false representation as to a material fact, and not a mere expression of opinion.</p> <p>Fraud — Misrepresentations — Damages. Where one purchases property relying on the vendor’s false representations that the estimated cost of an assessment thereon for a street improvement would not exceed a certain sum, and the cost was largely in excess, the purchaser would be injured to the extent of the difference between these two sums, regardless of the benefits conferred by the improvement.</p>