Goodrich v. Lathrop
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. - The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This is an action hy a vendee to rescind a contract of sale of realty, and to recover money paid thereunder, upon the ground that the contract was executed through a mistake of fact. Judgment went for defendant, and this is an appeal from the judgment and order denying a new trial. Plaintiff, knowing that defendant had a certain lot for sale, went to examine the same, with a view to purchase, but by mistake looked at a different lot from the one defendant had for sale. She *58did not see defendant’s lot, but the one she viewed being satisfactory, and believing it to be the lot defendant had for…
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