Edwards v. Johnson

In 1951 the three appellees sold to the appellants, W. B. Edwards and his wife, certain lots and blocks in the city of Nashville, a vendor’s lien being retained to secure the unpaid balance of the purchase price. Upon the' buyers’ failure to make the last two payments, totaling $1,000, this suit was brought by the sellers for the foreclosure of their lien. By answer and cross-complaint the defendants sought damages on the ground that the sellers had misrepresented the quantity of land being sold. The chancellor found the proof insufficient to establish the charge of fraud and accordingly…