Williams v. Boeynaems
Citations
- 25 Haw. 588
- 1920 Haw. LEXIS 21
Syllabus
<p>Equity — rescission of executed contract of sale.</p> <p>Where a contract for the sale of land has been executed by an act of conveyance a court of equity will not rescind the contract on account of the mere defect of title except in case of fraud or some other recognized equitable ground but will leave the party to his remedy upon the covenant in his deed.</p> <p>Same — same.</p> <p>In order to constitute a ground for a rescission of the contract because of fraudulent misrepresentations the misrepresentations must be of fact and not of law for a misrepresentation or mistake of law will not vitiate a contract where there is no misrepresentation of the facts.</p>
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