Grimes v. Sanders

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding, for rescission of contract for sale of land, that mistake “must be such that it animated and controlled the conduct of the party”
• holding, in the context of unilateral mistake, that the party desiring rescission “must, upon the discovery of the facts, at once announce his purpose, and adhere to it”
• holding, in the context of unilateral mistake, that the party desiring rescission “must, upon the discovery of the facts, at once announce his purpose, and adhere to it”
• “A court of equity is always reluctant to rescind, unless the parties can be put back in statu quo. If this cannot be done, it will give such relief only where the clearest and strongest equity imperatively demands it.”
• “A court of equity is always reluctant to rescind, unless the parties can be put back in statu quo. If this cannot be done, it will give such relief only where the clearest and strongest equity imperatively demands it”
• “A court of equity is always reluctant to rescind, unless the parties can be put back in statu quo. If this cannot be done, it will give such relief only where the clearest and strongest equity imperatively demands it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).