Booth v. Coward

The sole assignment of error in the application raises the question of the proper measure of damages for deceit in the case of a contract of exchange.

Plaintiff owned certain real estate in Falls county; defendant a half section in Hartley. Against each were incumbrances securing notes to third persons. While negotiating an exchange of these parcels, defendant showed to plaintiff’s agent, as the land he was to put 'into the deal, a tract with a well and windmill on it. This induced the contract and the subsequent deeds, whereby the parcels actually belonging to the respective parties were…