Doerfler v. Richman

In this suit the plaintiffs are seeking to reform and foreclose a real estate mortgage which erroneously described the property intended to be mortgaged as a part of section 26, township 17 south, range 4 west, W. M., whereas it was located in section 23 of said township and range. The description of the mortgaged property as contained in the mortgage is as follows:

“Beginning at a point on the north line of Lot 1, Section 26, Township 17 South, Range 4 West of the Willamette Meridian, Oregon, 16.256 chains West of the Northwest corner of the Solomon Zumwalt Donation Land Claim No. 41, in said…