McFeron v. Shoemaker
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, D. W. Hum, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered January 19, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for rescission and other equitable relief.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action is to rescind an executed contract for the purchase of corporate stock and to secure the reconveyance of certain real property. The plaintiffs are husband and wife. The defendants are the son and wife, respectively, of one Benjamin E. Shoemaker, now deceased. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment entered for the plaintiffs, from which the defendants appeal.
The facts out of which the litigation grew are, in substance, as found by the trial court, as follows: At the time of the transactions here involved, Fred H. Shoemaker was, and for some time…
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