Hall v. Graham

Buchanan, J„

delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was instituted by the appellee as the personal representative of William T. Jordan, to recover money paid by the latter to the appellant through a mistake of fact, as is alleged.

In the year 1884 the appellant conveyed to the said Jordan a tract of land for the sum of forty-five hundred dollars, which by survey made at the time was calculated to contain ninety acres, and was so described in the deed, which was with covenants of general warranty. Jordan permitted his daughter, Mrs. Mary EL Laughon, and her husband to move upon the land in…