Case Name: Joseph L. Jacques et al. v. Jules F. Roy
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1956-12-27
Citations: 144 Conn. 737
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph L. Jacques et al. v. Jules F. Roy
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 737–738

Head Matter:
Joseph L. Jacques et al. v. Jules F. Roy
Inglis, C. J., Baldwin, O’Sullivan, Wynne and Daly, Js.
Argued December 5
decided December 27, 1956
Abraham A. M. Schweitzer, with whom was John W. Joy, for the appellants (plaintiffs).
Frederick D. Neusner, with whom was I. Albert Lehrer, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion:
Pee Curiam:.
We have examined the testimony in the plaintiffs' appendix which is made the basis for the claim that the finding should be corrected. We find nothing to support the claim that the statements by the defendant as to what he paid for the property or what he expected as a profit in reselling it were relied upon by the plaintiffs in making the purchase. The trial court found that these statements were not relied upon. Reliance upon claimed fraudulent representations is an essential element of an action for damages for such representations, and the failure of the plaintiffs to establish that reliance is fatal to their action. Bradley v. Oviatt, 86 Conn. 63, 67, 84 A. 321. The plaintiffs do not seek a cancellation of the contract hut an adjustment of the purchase price by judicial decree. The record presents no basis for the suggested interference.
There is no error.