BELL, Judge.
1. Plaintiff in error insists that the trial court erred in sustaining the defendant's general demurrer because the petition stated a cause of action on the basis that the plaintiff had been defrauded.
In Georgia the essential elements of a cause of action for the common-law tort of deceit based upon fraud have been stated to be: "(1) a representation; (2) its falsity; (3) its materiality; (4) the speaker's knowledge of its falsity or ignorance...
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