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· 6/1/1978

Eaton v. Sontag

Citations

  • 387 A.2d 33
  • 1978 Me. LEXIS 897

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that “[s]ince an express statement by the Eatons that their property was worth eighty thousand ($80,000
  • “[Misrepresentations as to value and quality of land made by the vendor, even though made with fraudulent intent, are not actionable.... Such representations are ‘dealer’s talk.’ ”
  • Every man has the right to ask any price he sees fit [for his goods or services]”
  • \It is not fraud for one party to say nothing respecting any particular aspect of the subject property for sale where no confidential or fiduciary relation exists and where no false statement or acts to mislead the other are made.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Dufresne, Weath-Erbee, Pomeroy, Wernick, Archibald, Delahanty

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