Richards v. Millard
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Walworth county: Jay E. LyoN, Judge. To the point that the use by the vendor of the words “about77 or “more or less,77 with reference to the number of acres in the tract sold, will not preclude a recovery by the purchaser for fraudulent representations as to the quantity of land where there is a large discrepancy between the actual and 1‘epresented number of acres, counsel for respondent cited Boddy v. Henry/126 Iowa, 31, 101 N.…
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Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Walworth county: Jay E. LyoN, Judge. To the point that the use by the vendor of the words “about77 or “more or less,77 with reference to the number of acres in the tract sold, will not preclude a recovery by the purchaser for fraudulent representations as to the quantity of land where there is a large discrepancy between the actual and 1‘epresented number of acres, counsel for respondent cited Boddy v. Henry/126 Iowa, 31, 101 N. W. 447; Paine v. Upton, 87 N. T. 327; Wilson v. Bandall, 67 N. T. 33'8; Belhnap v. Bealey, 14 N. T. 143; Tcvrbell v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe following opinion was filed May 2, 1911:
TimliN, J.
Tbe complaint in tbis action avers that in negotiations for tbe purchase of a farm by tbe plaintiff from tbe defendant, witb intent to deceive and defraud tbe plaintiff tbe defendant falsely and fraudulently represented that tbe farm contained 160 acres of land, although tbe defendant well knew that it contained only 152.81 acres. Tbe plaintiff relied upon such representations and was thereby induced to and did purchase said farm and agreed to pay to defendant for tbe same $76 per acre, which amounted to-$12,160. All of tbis has been .paid…
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