Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co. v. Hawkins

DORE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company, Limited, and the Meridian Lumber Company, Limited, sue to recover of the defendant as warrantor of a tract of land sold by him to the former company in 1907 in which there was found to be a shortage of 39.12 acres by reason of the title to this shortage having proven to be in another person. The amount claimed is on the basis of $28 per acre, which was the average price per acre for the larger tract in which this 39.12 acres was a part, making a total claimed for the shortage of $1,095.36 with legal interest on this amount from…