Case Name: SOUKUP et v. KERMAN et
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1926-11-15
Citations: 5 Ohio Law Abs. 42
Docket Number: No. 20166
Parties: SOUKUP et v. KERMAN et
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 5
Pages: 42–42

Head Matter:
SOUKUP et v. KERMAN et
No. 20166.
Supreme Court
Dock. Nov. 15, 1926,
4 Abs. 774.
Attorneys — Edward Blythin for Soukup; Spear, Godfrey and Spear for Kerman; all of Cleveland.

Opinion:
This action is one for rescission of a real estate contract which has long since been consummated by the delivery of the deed. Plaintiff alleges that he was to buy certain property for $7300 and pay $500 down. Action to rescind was filed in August 1924 and possession was retained by plaintiffs until December, 1925 and at no time was there an offer, tender, or delivery of possession of the premises until foreclosure proceedings were brought upon the mortgages assumed.
The only ground claimed for rescission is that the terms of the first mortgage were not in fact what they should have been.
It is claimed that courts will- not rescind a real estate transaction where title has passed and where perfectly good title has been given, possession taken and payments made for some time thereafter, where the only default on part of the defendant is that of a mere detail of one mortgage. It is urged that in order to be the basis for rescission, the default must be a substantial one and must go to the whole contract and not to a mere detail.