McCullough v McGrath's Stock & Poultry Ltd - [1981] 2 NZLR 428

Contract — Rescission — Defence of mistake — Purchaser believed that the land he was purchasing was comprised within four certificates of title — The agreement he signed correctly described the land as being comprised within three certificates of title — On realising the true situation purchaser refused to complete transaction — Whether purchaser entitled to relief in consequence of the alleged mistake — Contractual Mistakes Act 1977, s 5.