Briley v. Hay

This appeal is from a judgment in the sum of $722 recovered by appellee, A. A. Hay, plaintiff below, against appellant, W. G. Briley, defendant. Appel-lee’s petition undertook to allege two causes of action — one alternative to the other. One cause of action was for damages for the breach of a warranty of title in the sale of a 172-acre tract -of land; the claim being that 11.83 acres of the tract were in adverse possession of third parties under some claim of title thereto, the nature of which was unknown. The other cause of action was one for damages for false representations to the effect…