Yerid v. Mason

How courts have described this case

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• holding that statement of “strong belief” that plaintiffs “would have no further trouble with water” was not actionable
• stating that “false statements of bebef, of conditions to exist in the future, or of matters promissory in nature are not actionable”
• noting the court’s decision in Harris v. Delco Prod., Inc., 305 Mass. 362, 365-366 [1940], which held that “an expression of strong belief’ was not actionable
• building owner’s assurances to prospective purchasers that drain being installed would keep cellar floor dry did not constitute false representation of fact permitting rescission
• assurance by seller that installation of drain in cellar would solve difficulty of wet cellar was opinion
• “false statements of opinion, of conditions to exist in the future, or of matters promissory in nature are not actionable”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).