Rexroat v. Vaughn

Appellant, Bexroat, brought his bill in the court below to reform a deed so as, to include in it a thirty-acre tract which he alleges he purchased, with other lands, from appellee, Vaughn, and which was by mistake omitted from the deed. Vaughn’s defense was, that he had not sold or agreed to convey to Bexroat said thirty acres, but that Bexroat had obtained from him the rest of his lands (about one hundred and thirty-eight acres) for an inadequate consideration and while he was intoxicated, which intoxication he alleged was induced by Bexroat.

The substance of the case is, that in 1888 Vaughn,…