Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title6 CIVIL PRACTICE. |
Chapter5. ACTIONS. |
Article8. Fraud, Misrepresentation, and Deceit. |
§6-5-103. Deceit - Right of action generally.
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Willful misrepresentation of a material fact made to induce another to act, and upon which he does act to his injury, will give a right of action. Mere concealment of such a fact, unless done in such a manner as to deceive and mislead, will not support an action. In all cases of deceit, knowledge of a falsehood constitutes an essential element. A fraudulent or reckless representation of facts as true, which the party may not know to be false, if intended to deceive, is equivalent to a knowledge of the falsehood.