Stephens v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Vendor and purchaser. Warranty. Deed. Land. Before Judge Hall. Rockdale Superior Court.' March Term, 1875. Stephens brought case against Hudson for $360 00, be.- . sides interest, alleging that the defendant had sold to him one hundred acres of land at $10 00 per acre; that after payment therefor he discovered there were but sixty-four acres in the tract; that the defendant falsely represented, and warranted, that there were one hundred acres in the tract sold.
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Vendor and purchaser. Warranty. Deed. Land. Before Judge Hall. Rockdale Superior Court.' March Term, 1875. Stephens brought case against Hudson for $360 00, be.- . sides interest, alleging that the defendant had sold to him one hundred acres of land at $10 00 per acre; that after payment therefor he discovered there were but sixty-four acres in the tract; that the defendant falsely represented, and warranted, that there were one hundred acres in the tract sold. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and that he sold the land by the tract and not by the acre; that the plaintiff so understood…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for the alleged deficiency in the number of acres of land in a tract which the defendant had sold to the plaintiff. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff made a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the charge of the court, and against the weight of the evidence, which was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted. In looking through the evidence in the record, we find no error in overruling the motion for a new…
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