BLT Investment Co. v. Snow

HALL, Justice:

This suit is in equity, plaintiff (BLT) seeking specific performance of a written contract relating to the sale of a ranch and defendant (Snow) seeking rescission thereof. The trial court ordered rescission which decision we affirm, except as to the award of attorneys’ fees.

The facts in this matter are somewhat in dispute. Because this case is in equity, we may review both the facts and the law. 1 However we will generally defer to the trial court’s decision as was so succinctly stated by Justice Wolfe in his oft-quoted concurring opinion of Stanley v. Stanley: 2

I opine that…