Question

. Walker and Cousineau were both in the gravel business. Walker placed an advertisement for a tract of land, claiming that he had an engineer's report that indicated the land held at least 80,000 cubic yards of gravel. In fact, Walker knew the land contained much less gravel.

Cousineau purchased the land and began to excavate it. After 6,000 cubic yards of gravel had been removed, the supply ran out. Cousineau sued Walker, asking the court to rescind the contract. Did Cousineau win the case? Explain. Cousineau v. Walker, 613 P.2d 608 (AL)

Answer 1

Answer to the question:

Cousineau won the case because Walker knowingly and fraudulantly claimed that his land held 80,000 cubic yards of gravel. Due to his false and exaggerated advertisement, Cousineau purchased the land for making good profits but was felt cheated when the supply from the land ran out after removal of 6,000 cubic yards of gravels.