Matlock v. Todd

Suit by the appellant against Todd, the appellee, to rescind a contract, or to recover damages for an alleged fraud of the defendant in the sale of a tract of land in Iowa, represented by the defendant to be situated contiguous to the town of Indianola.

The complaint contains two paragraphs, each averring substantially the same facts, except that the first avers the tender of a deed reconveying the land to the defendant before suit brought, and prays for a rescission of the contract, while the second demands a judgment for the damages sustained by reason of the alleged fraud. Separate…