WHALEY v. HOLT

40705.

110 Ga. App. 228 (1964)

138 S.E.2d 196

WHALEY v. HOLT et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor K. Meador, for plaintiff in error.

E. T. Hendon. Jr., contra.


BELL, Presiding Judge.

By admission of counsel for the plaintiff in error the petition in this case does not sound in contract but rests upon the tort of fraud and deceit.

"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: . . . (4) the speaker's knowledge of its falsity or ignorance of its truth; . . ." Doanes v. Nalley Chevrolet...

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