Carpenter v. Vreeman

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellants Laurel Carpenter, Jean Sullivan and Marion Lingbeck sued respondent Joseph Vreeman to rescind a contract for deed and recover payments made under the contract. Appellants alleged that respondent represented the property as accessible by a town road, that these representations were false and material to the transaction, and that appellants suffered harm as a result of their reliance on the representations. Appellant also sought rescission on the grounds of mutual mistake in formulation of the contract.

The trial court determined that the contract unambiguously…