Glasgow v. Brecht

Citations

• 117 Wash. 245
• 200 P. 1089
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1019

Syllabus

<p>Fraud (8, 22) — Misrepresentations—Reliance Upon — Means of Knowledge — Evidence—Sufficiency. The purchaser of a farm of 260 acres is entitled to recover damages for fraud where he relied on representations of the seller that there were 200 acres in cultivation when in fact there were but 140 acres cultivated, and the truth could not be readily ascertained, except by means of a scientific survey because the farm was located in the foothills, and the land under cultivation was so irregular in shape and of such topography that it could not be seen all at one time from any elevated point.</p>