[365]. O’Neill v. Conway, 88 Conn. 651; Antle v. Sexton, 137 Ill. 410; Ledbetter v. Davis, 121 Ind. 119; Speed v. Hollingsworth, 54 Kan. 436; Judd v. Walker, 215 Mo. 312; Miller v. Wissert, 38 Okl. 808; Farris v. Gilder, (Tex. Civ. App.) 115 S. W. 645 Accord.
Compare Cawston v. Sturgis, 29 Or. 331. And see Disney v. Lang, 90 Kan. 309.
[366]. Credle v. Swindell, 63 N. C. 305; Wamsley v. Currence, 25 W. Va. 543 Accord.
See Cagney v. Cuson, 77 Ind. 494. Compare Lewis v. Jewell, 151 Mass. 345.
Representations as to matter of law, see Eaglesfield v. Londonderry, 4 Ch. D. 693, 702–703; Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Phinney, 178 U. S. 327; Martin v. Wharton, 38 Ala. 637; Lehman v. Shackleford, 50 Ala. 437; McDonald v. Smith, 95 Ark. 523; Kehl v. Abram, 210 Ill. 218; Hill v. Coates, 127 Ill. App. 196; Clodfelter v. Hulett, 72 Ind. 137; Kinney v. Dodge, 101 Ind. 573; Whitman v. Atchison R. Co., 85 Kan. 150; Thompson v. Phoenix Ins. Co., 75 Me. 55; Stevens v. Odlin, 109 Me. 417; Bilafsky v. Conveyancers Ins. Co., 192 Mass. 504; Kerr v. Shurtleff, 218 Mass. 167; Rose v. Saunders, 38 Hun, 575; Unckles v. Hentz, 18 Misc. 644; Moreland v. Atchison, 19 Tex. 303; Texas Cotton Co. v. Denny, (Tex. Civ. App.) 78 S. W. 557; Gormely v. Gymnastic Ass’n, 55 Wis. 350.
Law of another state, see Travelers Protective Ass’n v. Smith, 183 Ind. 59; Schneider v. Schneider, 125 Ia. 1; Anderson v. Heasley, 95 Kan. 572; Wood v. Roeder, 50 Neb. 476.
[367]. “This contention assumes that the defrauded party owes to the party who defrauded him a duty to use diligence to discover the fraud. There is no such obligation. One who perpetrates a fraud cannot complain because his victim continues to have a confidence which a more vigilant person could not have.” Carpenter, J., in Smith v. McDonald, 139 Mich. 225, 229. See Barley v. Walford, 9 Q. B. 197, 209. Compare Thaler v. Neidermeyer, 185 Mo. App. 257.
[368]. The statement has been redrawn and only parts of the opinion are printed.
[369]. See Hicks v. Stevens, 121 Ill. 186.
[370]. The statement of the case has been abridged and only a part of the opinion is given.