Legal Opinion
Cohron v. Woodland Hills Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 28, 1927No. 5819PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
Fraud voids all contracts. Civil Code (1910), § 4254. Fraud by which the assent of a party has been obtained to a contract of sale voids the contract. § 4712. Fraud will authorize a court of equity to annul conveyances, however solemnly executed. § 4629. A contract may be rescinded at the instance of the party defrauded, if promptly upon the discovery of fraud he restores or offers to restore to the other whatever of value he has received by virtue of the contract. § 4305; East Tennessee etc. Ry. Co. v. Hayes, 83 Ga. 558 (10 S. E. 350). Fraud may exist from…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Folsom v. HowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. v. HayesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Hart v. WaldoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Martin v. HarwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. ChildsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Manning v. WillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Puckett v. ReeseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Feingold v. McDonald Mortgage & Realty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- J. Kuniansky Inc. v. WareSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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