Wilks v. McGovern-Place Oil Co.

There is no controversy over the question that there were material misrepresentations as to the dimensions of the land. But appellant insists that those acting for the defendant company had no right to rely on such representations, because the officers of the company had passed by the property and seen it nearly every day for a considerable period of time prior to the purchase, and further because they had looked at it a number of times and had always been of the opinion that it was not quite large enough for a filling station. The officers of the defendant *422company testified that the…