King v. Earley

HARWOOD, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court reforming the description of the area of land involved in a timber deed.

The appellant here, Mr. King, originally filed a bill seeking to make the description more definite, a dispute having arisen between Mr. King, the vendor, and Mr. Gus Earley the vendee named in the deed, as to whether the deed included the timber west of Buck Creek on the land owned by Mr. King.

By cross bill the appellee, Mr. Earley, admitted that the description in the deed was vague, uncertain and confused and was not accurate and sufficient to describe the…