Leonard v. Wood

The majority opinion has copied the opinion of the learned Chancellor and then cited some cases to sustain this statement in the majority opinion: ‘ ‘ When the vendor conveys for a specified price a tract of land which is described by metes and bounds or otherwise, with the words added containing a specified number of acres, more or less, this upon the face of the contract is a contract not by the acre but in gross, and does not by implication warrant the quantity. In such event, should there be a deficiency in the quantity, the right of relief for such deficiency is founded upon fraud,…