Legal Opinion

Grosh v. Ivanhoe Land & Improvement Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 16, 1897PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wythe county pronounced September 18, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

This is a suit in equity, brought by H. E. Grosh against the Ivanhoe Land & Imp. Co. and M. M. Caldwell, Trustee, for'the rescission of a contract entered into by the former with the Ivanhoe Land & Imp. Co. for the purchase of seven of its town lots in the plan of the town of Ivanhoe, Wythe county, Ya.

The bill alleges that the defendant company issued its prospectus and otherwise extensively advertised the sale of. its lots in 1890, and in these made certain promises and representations, unequivocally, as positive existing facts, in order to pursuade and induce parties to purchase its lots at…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Carpenter's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  2. Martin v. South Salem Land Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  3. Max Meadows Land & Improvement Co. v. BradySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. Lowe v. TrundleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
  5. Crebs v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Groves v. First National Bank of ValparaisoIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. Columbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. RodgersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
  3. Stewart v. American Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
  4. Meredith v. RamsdellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1963
  5. White v. American National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913

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