Odson v. Swanson

The plaintiff and the defendants entered into a written contract by the terms of which the latter agreed to sell and the former to buy an irregular tract of land which, according to a subsequent survey, contains 4.82 acres. The agreed purchase price was $1,650, of which the sum of $660i was paid at or before the execution of the contract. The remainder was to be paid in semi-annual installments. This action was instituted for the cancellation of the contract and the recovery of the sum paid, on the ground of misrepresentations alleged to have been made by defendants as to the number of acres…