Oliver v. O'Kelley

Plaintiffs sold to the defendant a tract of land for $900. $200 was paid in cash and the defendant executed his note for the remainder of the purchase-money. The plaintiffs stated to the defendant ' that there was nothing against the title, and that a person living upon the premises was merely their tenant, and that they would get him off the premises at once. Relying upon these statements, the defendant entered into the trade. After the consummation of the trade the defendant ascertained that the person so occupying the premises was not the tenant of the plaintiffs, but was claiming to hold…