Sturgis v. Preston

In this case, the plaintiff contended, and offered to prove, that in the year 1871 he bargained with the defendant for a lot of land, for a certain sum a square foot; that the defendant stated the number of square feet in the lot; that the plaintiff relied wholly upon the defendant’s statement, and had no reason to believe or suspect that there was any error in said statement; that he thereupon paid for the land accordingly, and took a deed thereof; that there was not the number of square feet of land in said lot that the defendant had represented; that he did not discover the deficiency…