Fraud

Fraud has been defined as" The intentional mis-representation by one party to a contract of a material existing fact which is relied upon by the other party to have or his injury is fraud'

Element of fraud include:

1. A mis-statement made with the intention to deceive.


2. The mis-representation of a material existing fact.


3. The deceived person justified in relaying on the statement.


4. This person was damaged (in the legal sense) by the false statement.