Ruckstuhl v. Healy

The action was brought in equity for the rescission of a contract for the purchase of real property in the city of New York and for the recovery of a down payment made by the plaintiff to the defendant of $5,000 upon the execution of a contract for the purchase of said real property, and the further sum of $299 claimed to have been expended by plaintiff in the examination of title of said real property. The plaintiff, a school teacher of St. Louis, Mo., sought to invest $30,000 in cash in New York real estate. For some weeks prior to July 28, 1925, negotiations were had between plaintiff’s…