Adams v. Reed
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District. Hon. James A. Miner, Judge. Action by Louis B. Adams and Watson N. Shilling: against Edward A. Reed, H. H. Henderson and others for the reformation and foreclosure of a mortgage. Defendants filed a cross complaint asking for a return of the money paid and for the cancellation of the mortgage ancL notes given as the purchase price, on the ground of failure of title.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District. Hon. James A. Miner, Judge. Action by Louis B. Adams and Watson N. Shilling: against Edward A. Reed, H. H. Henderson and others for the reformation and foreclosure of a mortgage. Defendants filed a cross complaint asking for a return of the money paid and for the cancellation of the mortgage ancL notes given as the purchase price, on the ground of failure of title. From a judgment for defendants confirming the report of1 Honorable Jacob S. Boreman, special master in. chancery, plaintiffs appeal. The act in question by its…
1Opinion of the Court
King, J.:
The plaintiffs allege in their complaint that in March, 1890, they were the owners and entitled to the possession of certain land in Weber county; that on the 27th of said month they sold said estate to defendants, and executed a warranty deed, but by mistake said property was-described as being in township 6, instead of 5; that on the 29th- of September, 1891, as soon as said mistake was-discovered, they made a quitclaim deed to defendants,, correctly describing the land intended to be conveyed, which they tendered to defendants, and now brmg 'into-court; that, in part payment for…
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