Shell Creek Land Co. v. Watson

This was a suit brought by the appellees against the appellant for rescission and cancellation of a contract and deed and for a return of the money paid for certain lands.

The bill alleges in effect that the complainants in the court below purchased certain lands from the defendant through an agent; that the agent pointed out the lands to the complainants and they agreed to buy that land which was pointed out, amounting to ten (10) acres more or less; that a paper plat had been made of the lands when the sale was made but no reliable survey had been made of it. When the survey was made the…