Vincent v. Corbett
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. Sydney Smith, Judge.- Vincent, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Corbett, appellee, was defendant there. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, predicated of. a peremptory instruction, plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. Sydney Smith, Judge.- Vincent, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Corbett, appellee, was defendant there. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, predicated of. a peremptory instruction, plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The defendant, acting by his agents, falsely represented the boundaries of the land so as to induce the belief that the entire tract of cleared land, with the six houses, were located on the land sold, that the appellant relied upon these false…
1Opinion of the CourtFletcher, J.
Appellant, .Vincent, purchased from appellee, Corbitt, and Frank Trimble, partners engaged in the business of buying and soiling lands, the land described as the S. E. of section 4, township 22, range 6. Adjoining this land, and with nothing to mark the boundary between, was the S. "W. of the same section belonging to one Barker. The purchase price was $5,040, which was fully paid by Vincent. The transaction was had between Vincent and Trimble, one of the partners, and Trimble represented to Vincent, before the purchase was made and also at the time of the purchase, that the land sold…
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