Brumbaugh v. Chapman

The plaintiff in error, Brumbaugh, who was plaintiff below, in August, 1882, commenced an action in the common pleas of the county against the defendant as administrator of H. C. Chapman, deceased, to recover a judgment for *372an. alleged deficiency in certain land conveyed to him by the decedent, then in life, on April 4, 1874. It is averred that the conveyance was made in pursuance of a written agreement between the parties, made January 23, 1874, to convey a precise quantity of land, 92.79 acres, at $95,00 per acre; that ti did not contain that number of acres, the deficiency being, as…