Fortson Investment Co. v. Oklahoma City

This is an action by Fortson Investment Company to cancel a deed covering about 2% acres of land which it had granted to Oklahoma City on October 22, 1930, or, in the alternative, to recover the market value of the property conveyed. The deed was executed under the following circumstances: Plaintiff tvas the owner of about 45 acres of unplatted land adjacent to Oklahoma City. Plaintiff wished to plat this tract into lots and blocks and create a new addition called “Meadowbrook Addition,” but in order to do so it was necessary to have the plat approved by the regional planning commission as…