Souza v. Jackson County Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Plaintiffs brought this suit to rescind the purchase of a house and approximately six acres of land. The trial court entered a decree for the defendant and plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs alleged in their complaint that the defendant falsely represented that the domestic water-system on the property was a three gallon per minute drilled well, that the defendant had installed a 1,000 gallon water storage tank, that the domestic water supply was ample to satisfy the needs of plaintiffs’ family and that the property was worth $24,500.

The trial court found that the only representation established by…