Harris v. Ivey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Conecuh. Heard before the Hon. Jere N. Williams. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Conecuh. Heard before the Hon. Jere N. Williams. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. It is a well established rule of chancery law, and conclusive of this case, that a party seeking a reformation of an instrument of this kind, and under such circumstances, must act reasonably prompt, and no court of equity will permit him to sit quietly for sixteen years, and until after the death of both grantor and grantee in the deed complained of. Scruggs v. Decatur M. & L. Co., 86 Ala. 173 ; Haggerty v. Ely ton L. Co., 89 Ala. 428; Sheffield L.…
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, J. —
The appellee, Ivey, filed the present bill for the purpose of having corrected an alleged mis-description of certain lands sold and intended to be conveyed by one Henry Beddingfield to Aaron Bedding-field,'in the year 1879. The complainant is a purchaser from Henry Beddingfield, by deed of conveyance dated March 1st, 1886, of certain lands, included among which is the north half of the north-east quarter of section 27, township 6, range 10. The deed from Henry Beddingfield of 1879 to Aaron Beddingfield described the lands sold, to him as the east half of north-east quarter of the…
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