Weart v. Rose

The Chancellor.

The defendant, by deed bearing date on the first of April, 1861, conveyed to the complainant, for *292the consideration of $11,600, a farm in the township of Ewing, described in the deed as “ containing about one hundred and fifteen acres of land.” By subsequent measurement, it was ascertained that the farm in fact contained but one hundred and eight acres and eighty-eight hundredths, or about six acres less than it was described in the deed to contain. The complainant gave his bond and mortgage for $5500, a part of the purchase money. The bill alleges that the price agreed to be…