Michelson v. Hyde

Maxwell, Ch. J.

This is an action brought in the district court of Washington county by the plaintiff against Samuel Hyde, Welcome Hyde, and John Lothrop, to correct and reform a certain conveyance of real estate in the form of a power of attorney, and to restrain the defendant John Lothrop from committing waste on the land during the pendency of the action. It appears from the evidence that on the 8th day of December, 1857, Welcome Hyde, who was then the legal owner of the lands in controversy, executed and delivered to Samuel Hyde a power' of attorney to convey “ The north half of the…