Rigdon v. Barfield

Grice, Justice.

On application of the rulings announced in the first three headnotes, the petition as originally drawn presented no cause of action. Did the amendment setting up that the actual date of the .deed was January 5, 1929, and praying for its reformation, save it? The petition as amended is met by a demurrer which invokes the doctrine of laches, and insists that by reason thereof the complainant is not entitled to the relief prayed for. Eleven years, nine months, and three days elapsed between the time the deed is alleged to have been actually executed and delivered and the date of…