Higgins v. Bicknell

Citations

• 82 Ill. 502

Syllabus

<p>Kbaud—-false representations as to boundan-y of land, ground for rescinding contract of sale. Where the vendor, pending negotiations for the sale of a lot with a house on it, points out, to the person proposing to buy, what he states are the boundaries of the lot, showing that the house is situated several feet from the boundary line, on either side, and the purchase is made on the strength of such representation, when, in fact, the boundary line on one side runs through, and cuts off a part of the house, which was known to the vendor when he made the representations, the purchaser will he entitled to have the contract of sale rescinded, or a conveyance made to him investing in him a good title to the ground embraced in the boundaries so pointed out.</p>