Millman v. Swan

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The question here involved is whether or not Swan,, the vendee of a certain lot in the town of Culpeper, is-entitled to specific performance of the contract, and. also to an abatement of the purchase price of the lot, because of a false statement of a material fact, relating-to a local restrictive building ordinance, which induced him to buy, inadvertently made both by and for Mill-man, the vendor.

The litigation grows out of these circumstances:

The vendor and vendee both owned lots in the town,, but Swan was anxious to buy the lot of Millman,…