Coons v. Muhlenberg

Citations

• 148 Pa. 344
• 23 A. 1115
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 983

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Sale of land for lump sum — Deficiency in acreage in absence of deceit no ground for equitable relief.</p> <p>Defendant sold to plaintiff a tract of land, stating that he did not know the acreage and furnishing a description of the tract from his own deed, which described it as 213 acres more or less, in accordance with which description he conveyed it to plaintiff. It further appeared that plaintiffs were not injured, they having bought the land for timber and bark, of which they had had an estimate made before purchasing, though there was subsequently shown to be a shortage of 95 acres. It was</p> <p>Held, That the ease presented no ground for equitable relief.</p>