9 Colo. 33 | Colo. | 1885
The law holds a contracting party liable as for a fraud on his express representations concerning facts material to the treaty, the truth of which he assumes to know, and the truth of which is not known to the other contracting party, where the representations were false, and the other party, relying upon them, has been misled to his injury. Upon such representations so j made the contracting party to whom they are made has a right to rely, nor is there any duty of investigation cast upon him. . In such a case the law holds a pafty bound to know the truth of his representations. Bigelow, Fraud, 57, 60, 63, 67, 68, 87; Kerr, Fraud & M. 54 et seq.; 3 Wait, Act. & Def. 436. This is the law of this case, and, on the evidence, warranted the judgment of the court below.
The objection was made below, and is renewed here, that the complaint does not state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action. Two points are made: (1) That the complaint does not allege that the defendant knew the representations to be false; (2) that it does not allege intent to defraud.
The action of the county court in refusing to allow the appellant to appeal to the district court after he had given notice of an appeal to this court, and time had been given in which to perfect it, cannot be assigned as error on this record. If it was an error, it was error not before, but after, the final judgment from which this appeal is taken.
The judgment of the court below is affirmed.
Affirmed.