Hyde v. Phillips

Citations

• 61 Wash. 314
• 112 P. 257
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1337

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser — Contract — Sale in G-ross — Acreage— Deficiency. A contract to convey certain legal subdivisions of land “containing 399 1-3 acres” the purchaser agreeing to pay “at the rate of $27.50 per acre, a sum in total of eleven thousand dollars,” is a sale in gross, and the vendee is not entitled to a deduction in the price on a survey showing a deficiency of 31 acres, where it appears that the parties contracted in good faith, neither knew the exact acreage, and the land was not the only subject of the contract, some personal property and a lease of other lands being included.</p>