Ray v. Barrington

Appellee, Thad A. Barrington, brought this suit against appellants D. W. Ray and Mrs. Ethel Irene Watson to recover the value of 44.37 acres of land, which he alleged was the amount of shortage in a certain tract conveyed to him by appellants. Appellee alleged that said tract was sold to him by the acre; that the same was represented to contain 300 acres; that the price agreed upon was $20 per acre; that he had never seen the land prior to his purchase of the same and relied wholly on such representation as to the quantity thereof; that such representation was false, and that said tract…