Empire Land Co. v. Sanford

Appellant claims to own the N. B.^ of N. EA/i, section 15, township 16, range 7 west, Walker county, Alabama, and filed this bill against appellees (the widow and heirs at law of one Absolam Sanford, deceased), seeking reformation of a deed executed by said Absolam Sanford and wife to Musgrove Bros, in November, 1883, which deed constitutes a link in appellant’s chain of title.

The bill discloses that the lands owned by said Sanford and intended to be conveyed were properly described as the N.% of N. E.%, said section and range, but that through mistake the description read, at the time of the…