Henderson v. Johnson

This is an action in equity for rescission of a contract. Oscar Johnson built a house in West Seattle. He sold it to his son under an oral contract with small monthly payments. The property was later listed for sale.

Following a rainy period in January, 1955, a subsidence br earthslide occurred on the property and exposed a portion of the septic tank drain field, also causing a portion of a rockery to fall.

The defendant testified after the slide, “I told him [the son], take the sign off because you can’t sell the house in this condition.”

The following summer the property went into a multiple…