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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.