McMillan v. American Suburban Corp.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County —Will D. Weight, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The hill of complaint is one praying for the rescission of a contract in relation to realty.
Defendant company is the owner of a tract of about one hundred acres of land in the suburbs of Knoxville which in 1906 it subdivided into blocks and lots, giving the addition the name of “Piedmont Place,” and put the property on the market for sale on the installment plan. The method of business was to take from those proposing to purchase a written application, and in the event of acceptance by the company it executed a contract to convey or “bond for deed.”
Complainant in December, 1906, purchased a…
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- Tennant Land Co. v. NordemanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
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