Hafner v. A. J. Stuart Land Co.

This is a consolidation of 33 suits in chancery. Plaintiffs filed the hills as purchasers against the vendor, A. J. Stuart Land Company, a corporation, to rescind the executory contracts. The individual defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, are subsequent grantees of the defendant corporation. Prom a decree for plaintiffs, defendants have appealed.

Plaintiffs’ ease was presented in hearing on inconsistent theories, one that the vendor had failed to make agreed improvements, which theory assumes a valid contract, the other that there were fraud and misrepresentation in the inception, which negatives…