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12 GORDON v. PARMELEE, 2 Allen (Mass.) 212, Throckmorton, Cas. Contracts, 1S9; Gordon v. Butler, 105 U. S. 553, 26 L. Ed. 11G6; Mooney v. Miller, 102 Mass. 217; Sawyer v. Prickett, 19 Wall. 146, 22 L. Ed. 105; Allen v. Hart, 72 I11. 104; Buschman v. Codd, 52 Md. 207; Ellis v. Andrews, 56 N. Y. 83, 15 Am. Rep. 379; Chrysler v. Canaday, 90 N. Y. 272, 43 Am. Rep. 166; Beard v. Bliley, 3 Colo. App. 479, 34 Pac. 271; Montreal Lumber Co. v. Mihills, 80 Wis. 540, 50 N. W. 507; Southern Development Co. v. Silva, 125 U. S. 247, 8 Sup. Ct. 881, 31 L. Ed. 678; Sheldon v. Davidson, 85 Wis. 138, 55 N. W. 161; Nash v. Trust Co., 159 Mass. 437, 34 N. E. 625; Reeves v. Corning (C. C.) 51 Fed. 774. But see Grim v. Byrd, 32 Grat (Va.) 293, 301, where it is said, per Staples, J.: "But even a matter of opinion may amount to an affirmation, and be the inducement to a contract, especially where the parties are not dealing upon equal terms, and one of them has, or is presumed to have, means of information not equally open to the other." See "Contracts," Deo. Dig. (Key-No.) § 93; Cent. Dig. §§ 415-1,19.
13 Lindsay Pet. Co. v. Hurd, L R. 5 P. C. 243; Simar v. Canaday, 53 N. Y. 298, 13 Am. Rep. 523; Shanks v. Whitney, 66 Vt. 405, 29 Atl. 367; Johnson v. Seymour, 79 Mich. 156, 44 N. W. 344; Geddes' Appeal, 80 Pa. 442; Doran v. Eaton, 40 Minn. 35, 41 N. W. 244; Belz v. Keller (Ky.) 1 S. W. 420; Noetling v. Wright, 72 I11. 390; Lockwood v. Fitts, 90 Ala. 150, 7 South. 467; Gordon v. Butler, 105 U. S. 553, 26 L. Ed. 1166; Cagney v. Cuson, 77 Ind. 494; Lynch v. Murphy, 171 Mass. 307, 50 N. E. 623. See "Sales," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 43; Cent. Dig. §§ 86-100.
14 Holton v. Noble, 83 Cal. 7, 23 Pac. 58. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 94; Cent. Dig. §§ 420-430.
15 East v. Worthington, 88 Ala. 537, 7 South. 189. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 91; Cent. Dig. §§ 420-430.
16 Sweney v. Davidson, 68 Iowa, 386, 27 N. W. 278. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 94; Cent. Dig. §§ 1,20-1,30.
17 Representations as to the speed of a horse not made as of personal knowledge. State v. Cass, 52 N. J. Law, 77, 18 Atl. 972. Representation that a stallion will not produce sorrel colts. Scroggin v. Wood, 87 Iowa, 497, 54 N. W. 437. Representations as to solvency and credit See Homer v. Perkins, 124 Mass. 431, 26 Am. Rep. 677; Yeager Milling Co. v. Lawler, 39 La. Ann. 572, 2 South. 398; Childs v. Merrill, 63 Vt. 463, 22 Atl. 626, 14 L. R. A. 264.

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