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truth by proper inquiry in Texas

5 Texas opinions name it 2 courts 1911–1949 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

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Also cited on this issue (5)

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Labbe v. Corbett green
tex · 1888
2 sentences

1949Where such fraud is established, the writing purporting to be a contract is declared invalid, since the defrauded party never agreed to the terms thereof.” In Labbe v. Corbett, 69 Tex. 503 , 6 S.W. 808, 811 , the Supreme Court said that the„ rule asserted in an early English case is the true rule: “When once it is established that there has been any fraudulent misrepresentation * * * by which a person has been induced to enter into a contract, it is no answer to his claim to be relieved from it to tell him that he might have known the truth by proper inquiry.

1949Where such fraud is established, the writing purporting to be a contract is declared invalid, since the defrauded party never agreed to the terms thereof.” In Labbe v. Corbett, 69 Tex. 503 , 6 S.W. 808, 811 , the Supreme Court said that the„ rule asserted in an early English case is the true rule: “When once it is established that there has been any fraudulent misrepresentation * * * by which a person has been induced to enter into a contract, it is no answer to his claim to be relieved from it to tell him that he might have known the truth by proper inquiry.

41931–1949
Buchanan v. Burnett and Wife green
tex · 1909
2 sentences

1935It is a familiar, rule that in a suit founded on fraud and deceit, the wrongdoer will not be heard to say in his defense that plaintiff “might have known the truth by proper inquiry.” Labbe v. Corbett, 69 Tex. 503 , 6 S.W. 808, 811 ; Buchanan v. Burnett, 102 Tex. 492 , 119 S. W. 1141 , 132 Am.

1935It is a familiar, rule that in a suit founded on fraud and deceit, the wrongdoer will not be heard to say in his defense that plaintiff “might have known the truth by proper inquiry.” Labbe v. Corbett, 69 Tex. 503 , 6 S.W. 808, 811 ; Buchanan v. Burnett, 102 Tex. 492 , 119 S. W. 1141 , 132 Am.

11935–1935
Younge v. Harris' Administrator green
ala · 1841
1 sentence

1911Boyce v. Grundy, 3 Pet., 210 ; Younge v. Harris, 2 Ala., 108 ; Clopton v. Cogart, 13 Smed. & Mar., 363; Connersville v. Wadleigh, 7 Blackf., 102 ; Anderson v. Burnett, 5 How.

11911–1911
Boyce's Executors v. Grundy green
scotus · 1830
1 sentence

1911Boyce v. Grundy, 3 Pet., 210 ; Younge v. Harris, 2 Ala., 108 ; Clopton v. Cogart, 13 Smed. & Mar., 363; Connersville v. Wadleigh, 7 Blackf., 102 ; Anderson v. Burnett, 5 How.

11911–1911
President of Connersville v. Wadleigh neutral
ind · 1844
1 sentence

1911Boyce v. Grundy, 3 Pet., 210 ; Younge v. Harris, 2 Ala., 108 ; Clopton v. Cogart, 13 Smed. & Mar., 363; Connersville v. Wadleigh, 7 Blackf., 102 ; Anderson v. Burnett, 5 How.

11911–1911

Where else courts name it

TX 5 (1911–1949) VA 2 (2025–2025)

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