Williams v. Joslin

The sellers of a parcel of real estate appeal from a judgment of the trial court rescinding the contract. The court found that the buyer had been induced to purchase the property by fraudulent representations of the sellers concerning the income which they had derived from the property during their ownership of it. There was no finding, and no contention, that the property was worth less than the amount which the buyer had agreed to pay for it.

The appellants maintain that there is no clear, cogent, and convincing evidence to support the trial court’s finding of fraud. It is well settled, of…