In re Estate of Warner

WIEAND, Judge:

If a tract of land containing 10.4 acres, more or less, is sold at public auction to a purchaser who pays the full bid price and accepts a deed for the land, may the purchaser thereafter recover damages because a later survey discloses that the tract in fact contains only 8.163 acres? The Orphans’ Court of York County concluded that there could be no recovery and entered a decree dismissing a claim therefor. We affirm.

Blanch Warner owned an improved tract of land in New-berry Township, York County. Following her death, the executor of her estate offered the land for sale at…