Ward v. Stevenson

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Ward v. Stevenson

6 Ky. Op. 357, 1873 Ky. LEXIS 151

DecidedJanuary 18, 1873

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Judge Hardin :

Admitting the facts of the case to be substantially as stated by the circuit judge in his opinion, we can not concur in the conclusion, of the lower court. As to the failure of the city to open Church Street, or rather to extend it, as seems to have been contemplated, there is neither allegation nor proof of fraud on the part of Ward or Dills. It appears that they authorized the auctioneer to announce, and stated themselves, the ordinance of the city council for opening the street; it may be true that a writ had issued preliminary to condemning the land over which the proposed extension of the street would run; but it still does not appear, and in fact, is not [358]*358alleged, that they did more than to honestly express this belief as to what the conucil had done and would do- in regard to opening the street. If the appellee, acting on the information thus given, in relation to a matter of which- he could have easily learned- as much as Ward and Dills knew on the subject, was disappointed, as probably they were also, as to the future action of the council, we do not see that this disappointment is a sufficient ground for canceling his contract of purchase, especially after his acceptance of a conveyance of the- lot.

/. T. Ward, for appellant. Cleary, West, for appellees.

As to the alleged breach of a promise of Dills to donate to the city twenty feet of ground for Wilson Avenue, set up in an amended answer, offered but not filed, we deem it sufficient to say that if the facts therein alleged are true, still as that ground was sold at the same time that the appellee purchased; and as we must infer, before he accepted the deed to him, it must be presumed that he entered into his contract with knowledge of the other sale and waiving any cause of objection-he may have had- to it. It ought not, therefore, now to be made a cause for rescinding the appellee’s contract of purchase.

We are of the opinion that the court erred in rescinding the contract.

Wherefore, the1 judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded with instructions to render a judgment for the plaintiff conformable to this opinion.

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Opinion by

Judge Hardin :

Admitting the facts of the case to be substantially as stated by the circuit judge in his opinion, we can not concur in the conclusion, of the lower court. As to the failure of the city to open Church Street, or rather to extend it, as seems to have been contemplated, there is neither allegation nor proof of fraud on the part of Ward or Dills. It appears that they authorized the auctioneer to announce, and stated themselves, the ordinance of the city council for opening the street; it may be true that a writ had issued preliminary to condemning the land over which the proposed extension of the street would run; but it still does not appear, and in fact, is not [358]*358alleged, that they did more than to honestly express this belief as to what the conucil had done and would do- in regard to opening the street. If the appellee, acting on the information thus given, in relation to a matter of which- he could have easily learned- as much as Ward and Dills knew on the subject, was disappointed, as probably they were also, as to the future action of the council, we do not see that this disappointment is a sufficient ground for canceling his contract of purchase, especially after his acceptance of a conveyance of the- lot.

/. T. Ward, for appellant. Cleary, West, for appellees.

As to the alleged breach of a promise of Dills to donate to the city twenty feet of ground for Wilson Avenue, set up in an amended answer, offered but not filed, we deem it sufficient to say that if the facts therein alleged are true, still as that ground was sold at the same time that the appellee purchased; and as we must infer, before he accepted the deed to him, it must be presumed that he entered into his contract with knowledge of the other sale and waiving any cause of objection-he may have had- to it. It ought not, therefore, now to be made a cause for rescinding the appellee’s contract of purchase.

We are of the opinion that the court erred in rescinding the contract.

Wherefore, the1 judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded with instructions to render a judgment for the plaintiff conformable to this opinion.

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