McBride v. McBride

The defendants James F. McBride and his wife, Cora, were the owners of a lot fronting on Theodore street in Detroit. June 7, 1926, they mortgaged this property to the plaintiff, John McBride, for $5,100; but because of an error in describing the property the mortgage as drafted did not include the front 20 feet of the lot. None of the parties were aware of this mistake. In September folldwing, the defendant ‘James F. McBride being indebted to the defendant Lawrence B. Snyder on certain notes, an instrument in the form of a warranty deed correctly describing this lot was given by James F.…