Plank v. Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Under the foregoing authorities plaintiff having stated unqualifiedly and as of his own knowledge where the land which he owned lay, he cannot now be heard to say that he had no such knowledge, or that defendant was so negligent in accepting his statement as to bar his right of recovery. “It is urged on behalf of plaintiff in the opening brief (no reply brief has been filed by him) that there was never a meeting of the minds of Plank and Maxwell because of the misdescription of the land. It is not entirely clear how this contention (which we are disposed to believe sound) can avail plaintiff in his attempt to collect the balance of the purchase price of the land. Two courts have found, properly as we think, for the defendant, the appellee here.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 29 Wash. 2d 366 - Doms v. Barrow

2. ““There is no attempt made by plaintiff to dispute the deception, but he bottoms his whole defense upon ignorance as to where the land he owned and was selling actually lay.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 29 Wash. 2d 366 - Doms v. Barrow