Crossen v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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1. ““The maxim that ‘he who seeks equity must do equity’ is evidently not violated by the failure of the plaintiff in a suit to rescind a contract for fraud to allege a restoration of, or an offer to return, the consideration, or a willingness even to do so; for by his application to the court for equitable redress he concedes that before it will be awarded, he must do equity, which will compel him to account for everything of value he may have received, thereby tacitly inviting the court to protect the rights of the defendant by decreeing a restoration in consideration of the rescission. This method would permit a vendor who had been defrauded, but who was unable to restore the consideration, to institute a suit to rescind a contract voidable for fraud; for the court could do equity by all parties by decreeing that the amount so received should be a lien upon the property in favor of the vendee.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hadley v. Hadley