Scarlett v. Cleaver
Court of Chancery of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
There are two theories upon which the complainants rely as justifying the present bill. They are first, that the complainants are entitled to have their title quieted by removing the alleged cloud therefrom which the more particular description in the trustee’s deed is said to have created; and second, that' inasmuch as the more particular description is erroneous in that it embraces more land than does the general description set out in the petition for partition and repeated in the trustee’s deed just ahead of the more particular one, this court should reform the deed of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Blackwell v. TownsendCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Agan v. ShannonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Chapman v. BranchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by2 opinions
- Green v. CowgillCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1948
- Wilkes v. State Ex Rel. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1970