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Reformation Of Instruments-Mistake-Deed Of Married Woman, Eugene H. Lattin
Reformation Of Instruments-Mistake-Deed Of Married Woman, Eugene H. Lattin
Michigan Law Review
In 1887 one Evans deeded to Mattie Woodbridge a lot described in the deed as lot 31, believing that the lot described was lot 29. Mattie took possession of lot 29, and held it until October 7, 1913, when she deeded it by the same description as in the original deed to one Casto, an intermediary, who then deeded it to William, Mattie's husband. Husband and wife continued in possession of lot 29 until her death in 1919. Lot 31, the lot described in the deed of 1887, continued in the possession of Evans and his successors until 1905, when …