Legal Opinion

Worsham v. Pierce

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 6, 1971No. N-392PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Defendant has appealed a final judgment by which the trial court rescinded and held null and void a written contract in which plaintiff agreed to sell and defendant agreed to purchase a parcel of land in Clay County. The court based its judgment on a finding from-the evidence that the contract in question was the result of either a mutual or unilateral mistake of a material fact and that equity required its rescission.

The provision of the contract which gave rise to this cause of action is as follows, to wit:

“1. PURCHASE PRICE: The purchase price to be paid by the Buyer to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Langley v. Irons Land & Development Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1927
  2. Perkins v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1943

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Dlug v. WooldridgeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  2. Witmer v. BloomCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
  3. International Harvester Credit Corp. v. East Coast TruckDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1975
  4. Pendelton v. WitcoskiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  5. Platt v. DeeseDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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