Walker v. Hough

Citations

• 59 Ill. 375

Syllabus

<p>1. Fraud—what amounts to. Fraud vitiates every contract, but every false affirmation does not amount to a fraud—a knowledge of the falsity of the represensation must rest with the party making it, and he must use some means to deceive or circumvent.</p> <p>2. Same—of the proof required. To justify a court in rescinding a contract, executed by both parties, on the ground that one of the parties tvas induced to enter into it through fraud practiced by the other, the testimony must be of the strongest and most cogent character, and the case a clear one.</p>