Ashley v. Holland

Appellee sued appellant in the court below to recover judgment for $585, basing his right thereto on the ground that he purchased from appellant three tracts of land which appellant represented con tained 267 acres, but which, when surveyed, disclosed a deficiency of 9 acres, and for which he had paid $65 per acre. Appellant pleaded, omitting that portion of his answer raising issues not presented on appeal, that he conveyed said land to appellee in exchange for a stock of general merchandise owned by appellee, and that in making the exchange of properties no representations were made…