Jensen v. Evans

Plaintiff, claiming damages for fraud in a land deal in which he was the contract purchaser, sued Evans and Tinney, the real estate agents who brought about the deal, his son-in-law, Northcott, who had a part in it, and Dickinson, who held the record title. The declaration has a count on the theory of rescission of the contract, a second count claiming damages for fraud and deceit and in which rescission is not averred, and a third, the common counts in assumpsit. To review a judgment entered on verdict directed for defendants, plaintiff brings error. The controlling question is that…