Hancock v. Nashville Investment Co.

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Nashville Investment Company, Inc. brought suit against Mallie Hancock, alleging in substance that defendant executed to plaintiff a warranty deed conveying a described tract of land containing 69 acres, more or less; that subsequently plaintiff had the tract surveyed, which revealed a shortage of some 13 acres; that the deficiency in quantity of acreage sold was so great as to constitute a wilful deception or mistake amounting to a fraudulent act on defendant’s part; that defendant and his attorney who had represented him in condemnation proceedings had access to a…