What is the difference between a contract to rescind a contract for misrepresentation and a claim for deceit?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Petrie v. Guelph Lumber Co., 1885 CanLII 17 (ON CA):
We must always bear in mind the marked distinction, between a suit to rescind a contract for misrepresentation, as in Reese River Mining Company v. Smith, and the action for deceit.
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