Chock v. Wah Kwai Chock

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

LE BARON, J.

This is a bill in equity for reformation of one deed and cancellation of another and for “such other and further relief” as may be proper. The pertinent facts are that a wife purchased real estate by a deed which expressly conveyed title to herself and her husband as joint tenants. She paid the bulk of the purchase price and the mortgage indebtedness securing it. Almost six years after execution of that deed he, without her knowledge or consent, conveyed his undivided one-half interest to a third person, leaving his wife with her undivided one-half interest…