Legal Opinion

Williams v. Smith Bros.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 16, 1910PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Equitable petition. Before'Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court.- October 14, 1909.

1Opinion of the Court

Beck. J.

Where an equitable .petition was brought by the vendee for a rescission of the contract of purchase and sale of a body of land, which appears from the conveyance to have been sold by the tract and which was described in the deed by metes and bounds and as eontaining so many acres “more or less,” and to compel a repayment to the vendee of that portion of the purchase-price actually paid, upon the latter’s re-conveyance of the land to the vendor, the petitioner’s right to rescission being based upon an alleged deficiency in the number of aeres embraced in the tract of land conveyed, the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kendall v. WellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Emlen v. RoperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  3. Finney v. MorrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dorsett v. RoberdsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. Land Trust Co. v. MorganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918

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