Witherspoon v. Porter

This bill is filed to have an abatement of the purchase money, on account of a deficiency of about 105 acres in a tract of land purchased by complainants, known as “Wolf Island.”

The island is situated in Tennessee river, and was supposed to contain 214 acres. Two other tracts of land were sold at the same time by E. W.» Porter to complainants, ■one supposed to contain 800 acres and another 100 acres, situated on the mainland hard by the island tract. These three tracts were represented to and supposed by the parties to contain the number of acres stated, in all amounting to 1,114 acres. The…