W. P. Walker & Co. v. Walbridge

This is an action for damages for deceit in the sale of real estate. The declaration shows that the plaintiffs purchased of the defendant a certain ranch for the lump sum of $20,000. It is averred that the defendant, to make such sale, represented that the ranch contained 43 sections, and that the plaintiffs subsequently ascertained that it only contained 32 sections — that there was a shortage of 11 sections. It is averred, in effect, that the 11 sections found not to be included in the ranch were worth not less than $7,000. The declaration contains no statement of the value of the 32…