Meehan v. Huntington Land & Improvement Co.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases brought actions against the Huntington Land and Improvement Company to rescind contracts for the purchase of certain lots in two subdivision tracts placed on the market by that company, the plaintiffs claiming the right to rescind because of alleged misrepresentations and false and fraudulent promises made to the plaintiffs as purchasers by the salesman employed by the general agent in charge of the sales in the subdivisions.

It was claimed that prior to the signing of the purchase contracts, plaintiffs were shown a map of the tracts, and the sales…