Herrmann v. Hodin

George Hodin offered a part of his real property in Spokane county for sale. Clyde H. Herrmann, who was interested in buying it, and John H. Morse, Hodin’s realtor, viewed the area, the corners of which Hodin had marked on the ground by wooden stakes. When Herrmann looked down the staked boundary line, it appeared to him that the proposed west line nearly bisected the barn, which had been represented to be located entirely upon the property being offered for sale. Morse assured Herrmann that Hodin would convey enough land to the west to clear the barn. Morse had a metes and bounds description…