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· 8/1/1975

Snyder v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.

Citations

  • 333 N.E.2d 421
  • 368 Mass. 433
  • 1975 Mass. LEXIS 1013

How courts have described this case

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

  • premises were conveyed and buyer accepted deed which did not contain same express warranty as purchase and sale agreement
  • “[Ijf the seller’s representations are such as to induce the buyer not to undertake an independent examination of the pertinent facts, lulling him into placing confidence in the seller’s assurances, his failure to ascertain the truth through investigation does not preclude recovery.”
  • an intentional misrepresentation is not a prerequisite to recovery for deceit
  • recovery allowed for innocent misrepresentations in action for deceit
  • “[I]f the seller’s representations are such as to induce the buyer not to undertake an independent examination of the pertinent facts, lulling him into placing confidence in the seller’s assurances, his failure to ascertain the truth through investigation does not preclude recovery.”
  • “if the seller’s representations are such as to induce the buyer not to undertake an independent examination of the pertinent facts, lulling him into placing confidence in the seller’s assurances, his failure to ascertain the truth through investigation does not preclude recovery”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Kaplan, Quirico, Reardon, Tauro, Wilkins

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