Yorke v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiffs reliance unreasonable as matter of law where oral statements were “palpably false” in light of contradictory written statements
• indicating that reliance is justifiable unless the statement is “preposterous or palpably false”
• noting rebanee cannot be deemed reasonable when alleged misrepresentation is “palpably false”
• noting reliance cannot be deemed reasonable when alleged misrepresentation is “palpably false”
• defendant who willfully made false representations with intent to deceive is not relieved of liability because of victim’s lack of diligence
• generally, \the court should exhibit no greater interest in protecting a plaintiff's rights than he himself has shown\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).