Skinner v. Scholes

This is an action to cancel an executory contract for the sale of land and for other relief. The trial court having ordered judgment in favor of the defendants, the plaintiff appeals and demands a trial de novo.

The facts material on this appeal, as we find them, are substantially as follows: The defendant William Scholes was engaged in the banking business in South Dakota. He organized a corporation, The Scholes Land Company, under the laws of that state to handle land deals. He and his wife, the defendant Lillian A. Scholes, were the sole stockholders. He was the president of the corporation…