Vaughn v. Ray

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

Curtis Vaughn and wife, Marilyn Vaughn, brought an action in the Chancery Court of Hardeman County seeking an abatement of the purchase price of a tract of land, “containing by estimation 25 acres, more or less,” purchased from the appellees Ray. A subsequent survey of the land showed that the tract actually contained only 13.63 acres, a deficiency of 45.48%. Without comment other than on the gross discrepancy between the actual acreage in the tract and the acreage represented by appellees, the chancellor abated the price paid by the appellants by $2,046.00. The Court…