Roberts v. Prather

Appellants instituted suit in the court below against F. M. Prather, his wife, Martha A. S. Prather, and Texas Title & Loan Company alleging that on October 5, 1910, they purchased from said Prather and wife a tract of land situated in Ellis county, said to contain 125½ acres, and agreeing to pay therefor $75 per acre, but which in fact contained only 92.3 acres of land. Allegations of fraud and misrepresentations on the part of Prather as to the quantity of land which induced the purchase were made. It was also alleged that a portion of the unpaid purchase price of said land was represented…