Wells v. Holley
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM GREENE. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene County.— Hon. Hal H. Haynes, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
MR. L. D. Smith, Special Justice,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an action for damages based upon an averment of fraud in the sale and purchase of a tract of land by the defendant to complainants. The facts necessary to be stated are:
The defendant A. H. Holley was the owner of a tract of land near Greenville, Tenn., which he desired to sell. He engaged a real estate agency, Tweed & Kelley, to find a purchaser. He represented to his agents that the tract contained one hundred and thirty-six acres, and authorized them to sell it at the price of f15,000. The complainant Wells desired…
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