Ewing v. Ford

— Plaintiff brought suit to recover an amount alleged to be due and owing to him by the defendants on an earnest-money receipt contract wherein defendants had agreed to purchase from the plaintiff a certain tract of real estate. Defendants answered, denying the material allegations of the complaint, and, by cross-complaint, sought rescission of the contract, because of alleged fraud on the part of the plaintiff, and recovery of all sums theretofore paid on the contract by the defendants. Plaintiff replied, denying the material allegations of the cross-complaint, and particularly those…