Van Winkle v. Henkle

This was an action, commenced by the defendants in error, plaintiffs below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below, for the purpose of cancelling and setting aside an oil and gas lease for fraud in its procurement. Upon trial to the court, without the intervention of a jury, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, to reverse which this proceeding in error was commenced. Hereafter, for convenience, the parties will be called “plaintiffs” and “defendant”, respectively, as they appeared in the trial court.

The grounds relied upon for reversing the judgment of the trial court…