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[[File:CallBedfordvHickman1833v5p236.jpg‎|link={{filepath:CallsReports1833V5BedfordvHickman.pdf}}|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:CallsReports1833V5BedfordvHickman.pdf ‎|''Bedford v. Hickman'']], in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991006014269703196 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia''], by Daniel Call. Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833.]]
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[[Media:CallsReports1833V5BedfordvHickman.pdf‎|''Bedford v. Hickman'']], 9 Va. (Call 5) 236 (1804) ‎<ref>Daniel Call, ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia,''(Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833), 5:236.</ref> involved whether a purchaser could be relieved from a contract granting a certain amount of land, but subsequently giving significantly less acreage.

==Background==
Hickman bought a tract of land from Bedford for “900 acres, more or less.” The purchase price was  £1300, £650 of which was paid in cash and the other half in bond. Since purchasing the property, Hickman discovered that the deed for the tract contained only 709 acres; a follow-up survey showed 765 acres. Hickman sued Bedford for fraud claiming that Bedford knew the amount of land and did not inform Hickman. He requested the court allow the £650 to suffice as full payment for the property and dismiss the injunction on the bond.

===The Court's Decision===
The County Court granted a perpetual injunction in favor of Hickman. Chancellor Wythe affirmed the decree, which the Court of Appeals affirmed.

==See also==
*[[Wythe's Judicial Career]]

==References==
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