Adams v. Frederickson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On September 15,1954, Walter H. Adams and E. R. Frederickson entered into a written contract whereby Adams agreed to pay Frederickson the total sum, of $15,000 for a stationery store owned hy Frederickson and located in the Grant Building on Grant Street, Pittsburgh.

On March 9, 1955, Adams filed a complaint in equity asking that the contract be rescinded because of misrepresentations made by the defendant, and requesting further that Frederickson be restrained from conducting a competing business in violation of one of the provisions of the contract. The…