Crawford v. Edwards
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Berrien Circuit. The bill sets forth that one John T. Edwards on April 23, 1866, conveyed to one Orrin Goodrich a piece of land in Berrien county, Michigan, described as follows: Commencing twenty rods south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty, •in town four south, of range eighteen west, thence south twenty rods, thence east eighty rods, thence north twenty rods and thence west eighty rods to…
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Appeal in Chancery from Berrien Circuit. The bill sets forth that one John T. Edwards on April 23, 1866, conveyed to one Orrin Goodrich a piece of land in Berrien county, Michigan, described as follows: Commencing twenty rods south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty, •in town four south, of range eighteen west, thence south twenty rods, thence east eighty rods, thence north twenty rods and thence west eighty rods to the place of, beginning, .containing ten acres of land; that Goodrich mortgaged the same back to Edwards to secure the…
1Opinion of the Court
Marston, J:
Orrin Goodrich .during his lifetime was liable, and after his decease his estate was subject, to the payment of the sixteen hundred dollar mortgage of November 2, 1867. There can be no question but that there was a mutual mistake made in describing the nine acres of land' intended to be conveyed in the second deed from John T. Edwards to Mr. Goodrich. Goodrich, at the time this second conveyance was executed, was in the actual possession of the land under his first deed, in which it was properly described,, and he remained in possession, after receiving the second deed, until the…
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