Patterson v. John P. Mills Organization Inc.

Defendant appeals from a judgment against it for $393, the amount, together with interest, paid by plaintiff upon a contract involving the purchase of real property, which contract plaintiff sought to have rescinded in the present action. Plaintiff alleged that in April, 1924, defendant represented to plaintiff that a certain piece of ground belonging to defendant in Riverside County, California, contained two and one-half acres, and plaintiff was thereby induced to purchase the same at a price of $750 per acre, or $1,875 for the parcel; that plaintiff signed an agreement, a copy of which was…