Schwabacker v. Riddle

Citations

• 99 Ill. 343
• 1881 Ill. LEXIS 179

Syllabus

<p>1. Deceit — of the necessary elements. In order to support an action for deceit, it must appear that the misrepresentation complained of was a mate-, rial one.</p> <p>2. Nor will the action lie if the plaintiff has omitted to exercise ordinary care to guard against deception and fraud, except where he was led to do so by the other party.</p> <p>3. The fraud and the scienter constitute the 'grounds of the action. A knowledge of the falsity of the representations must rest with the party making them, and he must use means to deceive.</p>