Marler v. House’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Clearly, the discrepancy was material, in that, it involved more than one-fourth of the land. Defendant advertised the realty as 33 acres and did not advise the plaintiffs of the discrepancy, in spite of their inquiries. Plaintiffs did not learn of the misrepresentation until after closing and relied on the representations by paying $16,500 for 33 acres of land when, in fact, they received only 24 acres. Consequently, plaintiffs were damaged by defendant’s representations; they did not receive what they had bargained and paid for.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cundiff v. Cline