Jaerling v. Longsdorf

This is a bill by plaintiff, as vendee, for rescission of a land contract, and cross-bill by defendants for its reformation.

The contract described the premises as:

“Lots Nos. 235, 222, 228, 243, 234, Pennsylvania Park Subdivision of part of the N. W. ¼ of section 6, T. 4 S., R. 11 E., village of Riverview, Monguagon township, Wayne county, Mich.”

The description is correct except that the recorded name of the subdivision is “Clarence W. Carkeek’s Pennsylvania Park Subdivision.” There was no question of the identity of the property. With the name of the subdivision corrected, the contract would…