An innocent vendor can not be sued in tort for the fraud of his agent in effecting a sale; in such a case the vendee may rescind the contract and reclaim the money paid, and if not repaid may sue the vendor in assumpsit for it, or he may sue the agent for the deceit. Kennedy v. McKay, 43 N. J. L. 288; Volker v. Fisk (N. J. Ch. '09), 72 A. 1011; Sterling v. Bank of Sparta, 136 Wis. 369, 117 N. W. 798.