Vernam v. Wilson

Citations

• 31 Pa. Super. 257
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 202

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and vendee — Fraud—Concealment—Prior conveyance of coal— Rescission — Contract.</p> <p>Where a person sells land by articles of agreement and conceals the fact that he had previously conveyed the coal under the land to another person by a deed of record, the purchaser on discovering the fraud may rescind the contract and recover back the poi'tion of the purchase money paid, the value of the improvements which he had placed upon the land, and damages for the loss of his bai'gain.</p>