Supreme Court of Virginia January 15, 1839 (Weaver v. Carter)

Tucker, P.

The object of the bill in this case is to recover compensation for an alleged deficiency in the quantity of a tract of land sold by the appellee to the appellant, and which the latter contends he had purchased by the acre. He therefore calls upon the appellee to say “ whether the agreement and understanding between the parties was not for the sale and purchase by the acre at 25 dollars.