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Leaf v International Galleries [1950] 2 KB 86; 1 All ER 693

This case considered the issue of rescission and innocent misrepresentations and whether or not a man could rescind a contract for a painting that he had purchased five years earlier under the induced belief that the painting had been painted by a famous artist after he discovered that it was not painted by the particular artist and was not as valuable as he was led to believe.

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Leaf v International Galleries [1950] 2 KB 86; 1 All ER 693
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