Phillips v. Jones

Maxwell, Ch. J.

The defendant herein brought an action against the plaintiff, in the district court of Lancaster county, to recover from him the sum of $1,500.00, the cause of action being that he, (Jones), had sold to Phillips a house and lot in the city of Lincoln, for the sum of $3,000.00, and received in payment $1,500.00 in cash and 240 acres of Kansas lands, valued at $1,500.00. It is alleged in the petition that Phillips represented to Jones “that said land was good land; that it was a choice piece of farming land; that he had been offered five dollars per acre for it, but had refused…