Hoyt v. Gooding
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ionia. (Smith, J.) Bill to reform a deed and to remove cloud from title. Defendant Gooding appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, C. J.
Complainants, as grantees of one
Spriggs, file this bill to reform a deed given by defendant Long to Spriggs, and to remove a cloud from their title caused by a subsequent conveyance to defendant Gooding.
*73Long, in 1876, was the owner of parcels marked in above sketch as A, B, I), E, E, and G, and in that year, intending to convey parcel G, gave a deed to Spriggs. In describing the parcel, the south-west corner of said parcel was fixed at 100 rods north of the quarter post at the south-west corner of the parcel A, on the north and south quarter line, instead of 100 rods north of the south-west…
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