Tillis v. Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Geneva Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Jebjg N. Williams. The facts up.on which the 'opinion is based, are sufficiently stated therein.
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
It is not denied that the instrument, whose reformation is sought by the bill, misdescribes the lands, which the appellees agreed to convey to the appellant, and for the purpose of conveying which, they went to his place of business, in the town of Geneva. It is admitted that the appellee, R. T. Smith, did not own any land in section 25, but that he was possessed of the corresponding subdivisions in section 28, constituting his homestead, and upon which the appellant had a first mortgage. In his testimony, Smith says, that he had previously mortgaged these lands to appellant,, and that he…
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