Lyman v. Gedney

This was a hill for the rectification and specific performance of an agreement to exchange and convey certain real estate in the city of Ottawa. The court below decreed in conformity with the prayer of the bill, and the case is brought here by the appeal of the defendant.

After some preliminary discussion, which was protracted, the parties signed an agreement, written in pencil, as follows:

“H. E. Gedney agrees to convey to E. D. Lyman, by Sept. 1, the N. J of the N. of lot No. 2, in block 11, by good and sufficient warranty deed, subject to mortgage of $4000, to Geo. E. and A. ’Keep, with…