Godfrey v. E. P. Burton Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DantzeER, J., Colleton, February, 1910. ' Action by William Godfrey, John W. Maynard and James P. Maynard against E. P. Burton Lumber Company. • Plaintiffs appeal. cite: Plaintiff is entitled to any relief the facts warrant: 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 879; 1 Rich. L. 106; 29 Ency. 676; 9 L. R. A. 607; 13 Pet. 27. Plaintiff is entitled to abatement: 2 Hill 657. cite: What party desiring rescission must do: 192 U. S. 242; 141 U. S. 432; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. 897; 74 Am.
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Before DantzeER, J., Colleton, February, 1910. ' Action by William Godfrey, John W. Maynard and James P. Maynard against E. P. Burton Lumber Company. • Plaintiffs appeal. cite: Plaintiff is entitled to any relief the facts warrant: 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 879; 1 Rich. L. 106; 29 Ency. 676; 9 L. R. A. 607; 13 Pet. 27. Plaintiff is entitled to abatement: 2 Hill 657. cite: What party desiring rescission must do: 192 U. S. 242; 141 U. S. 432; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. 897; 74 Am. Dec. 662; 66 Fed. 185; 1 Rich. L. 106; 1 Rich. Eq. 404; 57 S. C. 393. Misrepresentation and fraud: 2 Hill 658; 2 Bail. 269; 13 S.…
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This action is for the rescission of a contract for the sale by the defendant to the plaintiffs of a body of timbered land in Colleton county. The purchase price was fifty-six thousand dollars and the defendant on June 13th, 1907, conveyed to plaintiffs the lands described in the deed as several different tracts aggregating in area eight thousand and seven acres, more or less. The deed contained the clause, "The acreage of the above tracts of land is estimated and is not warranted by the grantor herein." The ground stated in the complaint upon which the plaintiff demanded rescission was that…
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- Shappirio v. GoldbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Martin v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Ruberg v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
- Miller v. HughesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1890
- Guerard v. JenkinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
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