Humphrey

Humphrey v. Harry H. Culver & Co.

Good Law
1934 Cal. LEXIS 603·220 Cal. 765·32 P.2d 630
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMay 17, 1934L. A. No. 14021California520 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Shenk, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action to rescind and cancel a contract entered into between the parties in October, 1929, for the purchase by the plaintiff of a certain lot in the city of Los Angeles for the sum of $5,700. The claim for cancellation was based on alleged fraudulent representations of the defendant. A copy of the contract is annexed to the complaint as an *766 exhibit. The complaint also alleged that at the time the plaintiff signed the agreement the defendant Rose, acting for and in behalf of the other defendants, would not allow the plaintiff to read the agreement, but falsely and fraudulently represented to her that each and all of the clauses of the agreement were favorable to the plaintiff. The plaintiff also sought judgment for payments made under the contract amounting to $1425.

A demurrer to the complaint was overruled, and a trial was had on the issues joined by the answer of the corporate defendants. The court found certain false and fraudulent representations to have been made to the plaintiff by the agent of the answering defendants, by reason whereof the plaintiff was entitled to the relief sought. The court also found that…

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