Pickens v. Pickens

Millee, Judge :

Two decrees a.re appealed from, one adjudicating the principles of the cause, the other carrying that decree into execution. On grounds of mutual mistake therein, the bill sought correction and reformation of a deed, first, in courses and distances; second, in the quantity or acreage; third, in the true amount of purchase money paid and to be paid and acknowledged; fourth, in the warranty of title. The bill alleges a contract of sale by the acre, a shortage of acreage, and incumbrances on the land, covered by the covenants of warranty, which incumbrances the bill prays…