Shermaster v. California Home Building Loan Co.

Plaintiff had judgment rescinding and canceling two contracts of sale and purchase of real property, and defendant appeals.

From the findings of fact, which are amply supported by the evidence, it appears that the parties entered into two contracts in writing, whereby they mutually agreed that defendant should sell, and plaintiff should buy from defendant, two lots of land situated in the city and county of San Francisco. The particular description of the lot of land, in each contract, began as follows: “Commencing at a point on the westerly line of Wieland Street, distant thereon, etc., from…