Bentley v. Smith

This action was brought by the plaintiff, the assignee of the vendee, to reform and enforce a written contract for the sale of real estate, upon the ground of fraud in the vendor, by which a portion of the premises actually bargained for was omitted from the descrpition. The complaint charges that one Ladow contracted to purchase certain premises of the defendant for the price of $1,000; that the boundaries were pointed out to him, and, at his request, the defendant furnished a description to be inserted in the contract ; that the defendant furnished a description of only a portion of the…