Jones v. Metzger

This is a suit by bill to rescind a land sale and to recover the amount paid as part of the purchase money thereon, and also a cross-bill by the seller to foreclose against the purchasers' for the balance of the unpaid purchase money. From a decree denying the relief sought by complainants, and granting the prayer for foreclosure for the unpaid purchase money asked for in the cross-bill, the complainants below present this appeal.

The appellee, Metzger, a merchant and trader in lands conveyed to appellants, Willie Jones and his wife, Nellie, two ignorant negroes, about one hundred eighty acres…