Spitler v. Perry Town Lot & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Perry Superior Court. — W. W. Cardell, Judge. Suit to rescind on account of fraudulent representations, alleged to have induced plaintiff to purchase certain town lots. He has recovered the purchase price, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
i. vendor and PTHtOIIASER : delay as rescission. I. We shall -assume that the representations which the appellee relies upon are actionable, false representations. These seem to be that the defendant company falsely represented to plaintiff, when he purchased the lots: (1) that, within two years thereafter, a street railway would be constructed a.nd operated between the main business portions of Perry and the Dilenbeck Addition, lying to one side of the city; (2) that a contemplated steel plant, then-in the course of construction, would be finished, and would employ a certain number of men…
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