RUTH ET UX v. Hickman

McAllister, j.

This is a suit in equity brought by the plaintiffs, Adrian Ruth and Mildred Ruth, his wife, to rescind a contract entered into by them for the purchase of a general insurance agency from the defendant, C. Yon Hickman. From a decree in favor of plaintiffs, the defendant has appealed.

The contract involved in this snit was, executed on March 31, 1954. For a number of years prior to that date, the defendant Hickman had been engaged in the insurance business in Eugene under the name of Hickman Insurance Agency. The business was divided into a life insurance agency, to which Hickman…