Misrepresentations of a material fact made willfully to deceive, or recklessly without knowledge, and acted on by the opposite party, or if made by mistake and innocently and acted on by the opposite party, constitute legal fraud.
Ala. Code § 6-5-101
Fraud - Misrepresentations of Material Facts.
Applied in 60 court decisions — leading case International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Davis (1986)
Most recently applied in Tinsman v. Chaney (In re Chaney) (December 2018)
(Code 1907, §4298; Code 1923, §8049; Code 1940, T. 7, §108.)
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Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.