Grice v. Grice

Bell, Chief Justice.

Counsel for the, plaintiff in error, the defendant in the trial court, have cited several decisions to the effect that an absolute deed of conveyance will not be canceled at the instance of the grantor merely because of breach of a promise made by the grantee, in consideration of which the deed was executed, since the remedy in such a case is an action for damages. They say also in effect that there was no evidence of actual fraud, and that for this reason, among others, the verdict was unauthorized. As we view the case, it is not open to a consideration of these…