Akin v. Horn

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 8. Caveat emptor; quere as to application of rule of, to administrator’s deed. Whether or not the doctrine of caveat emptor applies to an administrator’s deed to land, which is so imperfect in its description of the land sold as that it may be said to convey nothing, or which is so uncertain in its description as that it cannot be brought within the maxim, “id cerium est quod cerium reddi potest,” is a question presented in this case, but not determined. As bearing upon the subject, the following cases are cited in the opinion: Lynch v. Baxter, 4 Tex. 431; Edmundson v.…