Farmer v. Groves

McAllister, j.

The plaintiffs Carl and Peggy Farmer brought this suit to rescind a land sale contract by which they agreed to purchase from the defendants, as vendors, a house and lot in Salem. Plaintiffs also sought restitution for the payments made on the contract, for taxes paid, and for the value of improvements made on the property, less the fair rental value of the house for the two years they had lived in it.

Defendants contended that plaintiffs had been in default on the contract and that defendants had rightfully declared the contract void and forfeited plaintiffs’ interest in the…