Jones v. Brammer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

This is an action for the rescission of a contract for the exchange of lands. Appellant, Ava Jones, who was the plaintiff below, owned a house and three lots in a suburb of Ashland, Ky., and the defendant, Brammer, owned a farm of 92y2 acres of land in Lawrence county, Ohio.

The parties entered into negotiations for the exchange of their properties, which culminated in a written contract. They valued the Ashland property, owned by Jones, at $4,500 and the Ohio land, owned by Brammer, at $6,000. There was a mortgage for $3,000 on the Ashland property…