Yerid v. Mason

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, purchased land and a dwelling house from the defendants, also husband and wife. This bill in equity for rescission for alleged false representations as to water in the cellar was referred to a master, who filed a report, which was confirmed. From a final decree ordering rescission, the defendants appealed.

The male defendant, to whom we shall refer as the defendant, built “ten or twelve” houses of the bungalow type on land owned by him in Acushnet. With the exception of the plaintiffs’ house and one other, none has a cellar. This is chiefly because of a water…