Werk v. Leland University

This is an action to recover a part of the price paid by plaintiff for certain real estate bought from defendant. The suit rests upon the theory that there was a shortage in the area of the land sold. Stated more specifically, the complaint is that there were three streets extending across the tract of land described in the deed; for' the area of which streets plaintiff claims a proportionate reduction of the price that he paid for the land. The defendant denies that the streets were included in the area of land described in the deed, and avers that plaintiff knew, when he bid in the property…