Edgington v Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459 is an English contract law case, concerning misrepresentation.
Company directors sent shareholders a prospectus inviting subscriptions for debenture bonds.
It said money would go to alter their buildings, buy horses, vans and expand into supplying fish.
Mistakenly believing he would get a first charge on company property, Mr Edgington bought bonds.
Cotton LJ held that the statement of purpose was a fraudulent misrepresentation and Mr Edgington had relied on that despite his admission of mistake over charges.