Barton v. Barton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Macon Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. N. S. Geax-iaM. This was a bill in equity, exhibited by John K. Barton and Clara J. Barton against A. A. Barton, the husband of the said Clara J. Barton, and A. P. Lockard, seeking • the reformation of a conveyance of land executed by A. A. Barton to John K. Barton, as trustee for Clara J. Barton, so as to correct an alleged misdescription in the land intended to have been conveyed.
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Appeal from Macon Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. N. S. Geax-iaM. This was a bill in equity, exhibited by John K. Barton and Clara J. Barton against A. A. Barton, the husband of the said Clara J. Barton, and A. P. Lockard, seeking • the reformation of a conveyance of land executed by A. A. Barton to John K. Barton, as trustee for Clara J. Barton, so as to correct an alleged misdescription in the land intended to have been conveyed. The facts disclosed by the record are sufficiently stated in the opinion. On the hearing, had on pleadings and proof, the chancellor was of the opinion that the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
¥e will first consider this case in its primary aspect — as an application by Mrs. Clara J. Barton and her trustee tp correct a mistake, alleged to have been committed in the draught of a deed, made for her benefit on 21st September, 1866, by A. A. Barton, her husband. We say, we will first consider this, as a question between Mrs. Barton and her*husband, without reference to any other claimant.
The bill alleges that the lands were purchased by A. A. Barton, title taken to himself, but paid for with moneys, the statutory separate estate of his wife, given to her after 1848 by her father, Isaac…
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