Legal Principle: A contract obtained by misrepresentation is voidable at the option of the buyer. Factual Situation: X falsely representing herself as the wife of a well-known millionaire and takes a ring from a jewelers shop for the approval of her husband. She pledges it with a pawn broker, who is in good faith and without notice of the first transaction pays her 10,000. Issue: Can the jeweler recover his ring? Decision:

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Legal Principle: A contract obtained by misrepresentation is voidable at the option of the buyer. Factual Situation: X falsely representing herself as the wife of a well-known millionaire and takes a ring from a jewelers shop for the approval of her husband. She pledges it with a pawn broker, who is in good faith and without notice of the first transaction pays her 10,000. Issue: Can the jeweler recover his ring? Decision:





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