Dunlap v. Dunlap - 25 U.S. 574 (1827)

U.S. Supreme Court

Dunlap v. Dunlap, 25 U.S. 12 Wheat. 574 574 (1827)

Dunlap v. Dunlap

25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 574

Syllabus

A question of fact in a suit in equity respecting the proprietary interest in an entry of lands within the military district of Ohio.

Rule of equity that where land is sold as for a certain quantity, a court of equity relieves if the quantity be defective only applicable to contracts for the sale of land in a settled country, where the titles are complete, the boundaries determined, and the real quantity known or capable of being ascertained by the vendor.