DeJarnette v. Thomas M. Brooks Lumber Co.

J. W. DeJarnette, trading as DeJarnette Lumber Company, filed a bill in chancery against Thomas M. Brooks Lumber Company, Incorporated, seeking an abatement in the purchase price and recovery of loss of profits growing out of alleged misrepresentations with respect to the kind and quantity of standing timber on two tracts of land aggregating 116 acres, purchased by him from the defendant under a timber deed.

Plaintiff alleged four misrepresentations:

1. That the entire tract contained substantially the same character of timber as the portion shown plaintiff;

2. That the one acre tract selected…