Tanner v. Manos

This action was instituted by appellee in the chancery court of Benton County, seeking reformation of a mortgage on real estate in that county so as to correctly describe the land which it is alleged was intended to be conveyed.

E. D. Hogan, who was one of the defendants below, but who has not appealed from the decree, was the owner of the land in controversy, and executed a mortgage thereon to appellee to secure a debt in the sum of $800 for borrowed money. Hogan’s wife, Lillie, joined in the conveyance for the purpose of relinquishing her homestead and dower rights.

The land in controversy…