Burkhart v. Ball

The petition alleges that plaintiff purchased of defendant a farm, paying therefor $40 per acre; that defendant represented that the farm contained ■ 160 acres; that plaintiff, relying upon such representations, paid defendant $6,400 for the farm, and that defendant’s representations as to the quantity of the land were false and fraudulent; the farm contained 164 acres and no more, which was well known to defendant. The petition seeks to recover $224, being the value of 5 Jjg- acres, the difference in the quantity of land as represented by defendant, and the quantity the farm actually…