Loehr v. Manning

— The vendees under a contract to purchase a farm brought this action to recover damages for misrepresentations in negotiating the sale. The vendors and a real-estate agent, together with the latter’s wife, were named defendants.

Plaintiffs alleged that defendants made the following misrepresentations, each of which had been relied upon by plaintiffs: (1) That the farm comprised forty-five acres of land, whereas it actually contained 37.76 acres; (2) that the farm had pastured fifty head of cattle and would probably support more than fifty head, whereas it would not support that many head of…