Tooley v. Chase
Tooley v. Chase
Opinion of the Court
This is a suit to reform the description in a deed by Elizabeth Walker which conveyed real property to the defendant by the following description, to wit: “Commencing at a point in the center of the Base-line Road ninety-five and five tenths rods from the southwest corner of section thirty-four, township one north, range two east of the 'Williamette Meridian, running thence north sixty-nine and seven tenths rods'; thence east nineteen and five tenths rods to a road; thence south along said road sixty-nine and seven tenths rods to the center of the Base-line Road; thence west along the center of the Baseline Road nineteen and five tenths rods to the place of beginning, containing eight and five tenths acres, more or less.” The defendant having procured a survey of the premises, by commencing at the initial point, discovered
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- TOOLEY v. CHASE
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- Published