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PICKETT, ET AL. v. BOUTWELL

No. 41616.

240 Miss. 18 (1961)

125 So.2d 822

PICKETT, et al. v. BOUTWELL

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 9, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy N. Lee, Forest, for appellants.

O.G. Idom, O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

In this case we hold that when an optionee at the time of obtaining the option makes to the optioner false statements of material facts calculated to induce the optioner to sign the option, the optionee may not invoke the aid of equity to enforce specific performance.

Ben F. Pickett and Mrs. Ola Pickett, his wife, defendants below and appellants here, executed an option to sell 158 acres of land to Mrs...

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