Original Church of God, Inc. v. Perkins

LAWSON, Supernumerary Justice.

The appeal is by the complainant below from- a final decree wherein the trial court refused to reform the description in a deed.

Reformation was sought on the ground that the property described in the deed is not the property intended to be conveyed because of a mutual mistake of the parties. The grantee in the deed was the complainant below and is the appellant here.

One of the established grounds of equitable jurisdiction is the power to reform a written instrument so as to make it conform to the intention of the parties where, through a mutual mistake, their…