Skinner v. Baker

In the view we take of this case, it will not be necessary to consider the effect of the mistake in the description of the premises in the contract, executed Sept. 19, 1868, by which Marcv & Manville, on behalf of Huntington, contracted to sell the property to Hinman.

The real question presented by the record is, whether plaintiffs in error, Skinner and Tibbitts, acquired any right or title in the premises which should be protected by a court of equity, and the solution of this depends mainly upon another question, whether Hinman acquired title by virtue of the deed executed by Huntington and…