Gates v. Moldstad

Citations

• 14 Wash. 419
• 44 P. 881
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 382

Syllabus

<p>FRAUD — SUFFICIENCY OF COMPLAINT.</p> <p>A complaint in an action for damages for false representations states a cause of action when it alleges that defendants made representations as to the solvency of the makers of two promissory notes, knowing them to be false and that the notes were valueless, and that plaintiff relied upon such representations, although the complaint may further allege that defendants falsely represented that they Would indorse the notes and become responsible for their payment, hut that, instead of doing so, they indorsed them without recourse, as the representations as to solvency and indorsement were concerning distinct matters to such an extent that the negotiations as to the solvency of the makers could not he considered as having been merged in the contract of indorsement.</p>