Best v. Offield

Citations

• 59 Wash. 466
• 110 P. 17
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1225

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser — -Rescission—Fraud. The purchasers of an orchard are entitled to a rescission of the contract for fraud by the vendor in representing that it contained 70 acres in orchard when it contained less than fifty acres, and it appears that the-area in orchard was very difficult -of determination except by an accurate survey, that the vendors were or should have been familiar with the facts, having worked the farm for thirty years, while the purchasers relied on the representations, were entirely unfamiliar with the fruit business, and sought a rescission as soon as they suspected and ascertained the truth.</p>