Pirrung v. Blankenburg

On April 7, 1920, plaintiff, who owned a tract of land in Codington county containing from 70 to 80 acres, entered into a contract to sell it to defendant for $80 an acre, the purchase price being named as $6,400, based on 80 acres; but the contract contained a provision that the total price was to be adjusted at final settlement on November 1, 1920, “according to the record acreage on file in the office of the county auditor and register of deeds of said county.” Defendant paid' on the contract $1,000 at the time of the execution of the contract and was to pay $1,400, “more or less,” on…