Federal Land Bank of New Orleans v. Curington

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a bill in equity filed by appellee, and seeks to cancel a deed executed by her to her husband dated February 22, 1920, to the extent that it conveys 78 acres of the land described in it, virtually a reformation of that deed.

It is claimed that her husband had deeded to her 160 acres of land, and that he misrepresented to her the contents of the deed of February 22, 1920, in that he said it only reconveyed to him the 160 acres he had deeded to her, whereas it also included her 78 acres.

Her husband applied for and obtained a loan from appellant, and executed a mortgage…