Graham v. Carnegie Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from decree of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April Term, 1904, No. 375, on bill in equity in case of Harry J. Graham v. Carnegie Steel Company, a corporation, Union Railroad Company, Monongahela Southern Railroad Company and Carnegie Steel Company, Limited. Bill in equity to reform a deed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree reforming the deed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The bill filed in this case was to compel the removal of obstructions from the plaintiff’s right of way over the land of the defendant. An amendment was allowed in which it was averred that by mutual mistake of the parties to the deed reserving the right of way, the words “nine degrees” were used instead of the words “nine per cent” in describing the grade of the way, and there was a prayer added for the reformation of the deed. In 1896 Mary Oliver conveyed to the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, one of the defendants, a tract of about thirty-nine acres of land,…
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