Spence v. Griffin

Grantees, seeking reformation of an easement reserved by a grantor in a deed of gift, appeal from a decree granting the prayer of the grantor’s cross-bill for rescission on the ground of fraud.

The record shows that, in July 1983, appellants, Charles Spence, a self-educated, itinerant evangelist, and his wife, Laura, left their home in West Virginia. Travelling in two trailers loaded with a tent and other equipment used to conduct religious “revivals”, they arrived in Buena Vista where they saw a vacant lot behind a “Soft Serve” restaurant. Mr. Spence approached Mrs. Hattie Griffin, the owner…