Lawson v. Vernon

Citations

• 38 Wash. 422
• 80 P. 559
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1188

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser—False Representations—Action fob Damages—Mistake—Exhibiting Wrong Property. Where a vendee relied upon false representations of the vendor in pointing out certain lots as the ones offered for sale, he can recover his damages, regardless of the vendor’s good faith, and although the misrepresentations arose from mistake.</p> <p>Same—Improvements on Wrong Property—Measure of Damages. Where the purchaser of certain lots took possession- of the wrong property, pointed out to him hy his vendor as the lots sold to him, and made improvements before discovering his error, the measure of his damages is the sum that will compensate him for the labor and expense to which he was put by reason of the mistake, regardless of whether the lots purchased were more valuable than those shown and occupied.</p> <p>Same—Diligence—Right to Rely on Representations. Where tne location of lots on the outskirts of a city is obscured hy brush and trees, and the stakes cannot be found, the vendee has a right to rely on the representations of the owner in pointing out certain lots as the ones offered for sale.</p>