Legal Opinion

Augur v. Smith

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1891PublishedCited by 6 opinions

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Hamilton County. P. B. Mayfield, Sp. Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtSnodgrass, J.

Augur exchanged lands with Smith. He let Smith have three lots in Highland Park and eleven lots on Orchard Knob, and took in exchange 1,335 acres of land in Mississippi. The Mississippi laud was taken at an agreed valuation of $3 per acre.

Augur’s lots were valued at $7,000.

The other payments made and assumed by Smith were as follows: $1,500 cash; notes due on Highland Park lots, $833.33; two notes aggregating $666.

This bill was filed March 18, 1889, by Augur averring that Smith deceived him as to the condition-and value of the Mississippi lands — having represented that the land was fine…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Haynes v. Cumberland Builders, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
  2. Howe v. MartinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. Shwab v. WaltersTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Sunderhaus v. Perel & LowensteinTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Elchlepp v. HatfieldCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2008

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