Hardin v. Kelley

Citations

• 89 Va. 332
• 15 S.E. 894
• 1892 Va. LEXIS 105

Syllabus

<p>1. Sale op Land—-By boundaries—Price in gross.—Where deed conveys tract of land as lying within certain boundaries, for a sum stated in gross, though the grantor guaranteed that the tract contained a certain number of acres and it contained more—</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>The sale was in gross, and grantor cannot recover for the excess.</p> <p>'2. Contract in Writing—Parol evidence—Parol evidence of antecedent conversations between the parties is inadmissible to set aside or impair a written contract for the sale of land, especially when, as in the case here, the evidence is contradictory.</p>