Lenoch v. Yoss

— This is a law action brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendants damages for fraud and deceit. The plaintiff and his wife bought a farm of the defendants, which the defendants said contained one hundred and eleven acres, but which does not, in fact, contain more than ninety-four acres. The plaintiff alleged that the price agreed upon for the farm of one hundred and eleven acres was $70 per acre, and that plaintiff paid that amount therefor. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the court, on the defendants’ motion, directed a verdict for them, and this appeal followed. One of…