Hollingsworth v. Pickering

This was a suit by Pickering, the plaxm tiff below, against Hollingsworth, the appellant, to recovexin damages the consideration paid by the former to the latter for a tract of land in the state of Iowa, on the ground that, at the time of the sale and conveyance, *436Hollingsworth falsely represented to Pickering that the land was situated in a particular locality, (which is stated,) and that it was all good, dry, plow land, and that, if not as represented, he would take it back and refund the $600, the price paid for it, with interest.

The complaint avers that the land is not situated as…