Schroeder v. Smith

Appellee, Henry Schroeder, filed his bill in the circuit court of Cook county November 20, 1909, to reform a deed executed by his wife, Sophie, on July 24, 1884, conveying to him eighty-eight acres of land in Cook county. Appellants are the children of Sophie Schroeder by a former husband. Sophie Schroeder died shortly after the execution of the deed, and within a year after her death appellee discovered that by a mistake in the deed eight acres of the land intended to be conveyed were not described as being in the proper section and township. Upon the execution and delivery of the deed…