Lewis v. Owen

Complaint on a special paragraph, for the possession of land, setting out the title by a sheriff's deed, derived through a judicial proceeding on the foreclosure of a mortgage, decree of sale, sale under the decree and deed to the purchaser.

Demurrer, for want of facts, sustained to the complaint.

The only questions made iii the case are upon the sufficiency of the description of-the premises in the deed to convey the title; and if not sufficient, whether the facts averred extrinsic to the deed will authorize its reformation, and thus obtain a sufficient description to convey the laud, or…