Kanopka v. Jaquett
Kanopka v. Jaquett
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Taking the allegations of the answer as true, which must be done v for the purposes of the demurrer, and it appears that appellant purchased a small tract of land from appellee at its full value; that appellee at the time represented to appellant and assured him that he had a clear and perfect title to the whole tract of land, and appellant, relying on the representations made to him by appellee, accepted a conveyance for the land, believing that he thereby acquired a perfect and clear title to 'the land; but that he has since discovered that said representations made to him by appellee were false; that he represented that he owned three-fifths of said land, having purchased the interest of Sarah Tippett and Mary E. Williams. But that upon examination he finds that there is no record evidence of such purchasers, and that he has not acquired their titles to their portions of said land, and that appellee is insolvent.
Although the contract may be executed, still, as appellant has pointed out the particular defects in the title, of which he was igno
Young v. Hopkins, et al., 6 T. B. Mon. 18. Wherefore the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to overrule the demurrer to the answer, and for further proceedings consistent herewith.
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