Court Opinion

ID: 9581165
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:12:11.131364+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:45.106138
License: Public Domain

O’CONNELL, C. J.,
dissenting.
It appears that the majority would treat the complaint as sufficient in spite of the fact that it failed to allege expressly defendant’s intent to deceive. I assume that this concession is made because the intent to deceive can be inferred from the making of a material representation, knowing that it is false or with a reckless disregard as to whether it was true or false.
The findings of fact recite substantially the same facts as those alleged in the complaint. I would, therefore, treat the findings of fact as including a finding of an intent to deceive by drawing the same inference as that which is drawn to uphold the complaint.