Edge
Edge v. Bryan
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Thomas, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court by the defendants, E. P. Bryan, L. T. Bradford, and H. H. Cotton, entered against them and in favor of the plaintiff, for the sum of $2,669.84. The complaint alleged facts which, if true, would support a rescission of the contract referred to therein, and a recovery of damages claimed, if proven. Demurrer to the complaint was interposed, general and special, and by the court overruled. The answer of the defendants denied generally and specifically all the material allegations of the complaint.
The complaint for the relief asked was based upon certain alleged fraudulent representations made at the time of an alleged sale of real property, and which said alleged .fraudulent representations, as set forth in the complaint, are as follows: “(1) That gas-pipes were already upon or under said land; (2) that said land was virgin, rich and arable; (3) that before the completion of the contract of purchase, water would be piped by the defendants to every acre of said land; and (4) that before the completion of said contract, defendants would build in the subdivision, at a point convenient of access to the land purchased by plaintiff, a warehouse…