Title 51, Chapter 6, Section 2
( 51-6-2)
(a) Willful misrepresentation of a material fact, made to induce
another to act, upon which such person acts to his injury, will give
him a right of action. Mere concealment of a material fact, unless
done in such a manner as to deceive and mislead, will not support an
action. (b) In all cases of deceit, knowledge of the falsehood constitutes
an essential element of the tort. A fraudulent or reckless
representation of facts as true when they are not, if intended to
deceive, is equivalent to a knowledge of their falsehood even if the
party making the representation does not know that such facts are
false. |