638 P.2d 127
Decided December 17, 1981
Wyoming Supreme Court · decided 1981-12-17
Relies on Johnson v. Soulis
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Decided 1981-12-17
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Bortz v. Noon (1999), Gross v. Sussex Inc. (1993)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 41 state decisions
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¶1concurring.
¶2Although I concur with the majority opinion, I want to record the fact that I do not approve Mobley’s action in entering into an assignment of a lease without ascertaining the contents of the lease being assigned. Under most circumstances, such failure would negative a reasonable belief that a false representation is true. Johnson v. Soulis, Wyo., 542 P.2d 867 (1975). Caveat emptor should not be relaxed to the point of relieving the buyer of reasonable responsibility.