Fisher v. Standard Investment Co.

In this action the grantee in a deed was named as the “Estate” of a person known to be deceased. The executor brings this action to reform the deed and to quiet title in him as executor. The trial court so decreed. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

For some time prior to 1928, Martin Fisher was the owner and in possession of a quarter section of land in Buffalo county. It was the homestead of himself and his wife, Jessie. On February 28, 1928, he and his wife executed three promissory notes for $3,000 each, with interest coupons attached, payable to James H. Fisher. To secure the…