57 Fla. 548 | Fla. | 1909
The appellee, Manning Daniels, filed his original bill in the Circuit Oourt of St. Johns County in equity against the appellants, Eugene E. West, Lula, F. AVest, his wife,_ William S. Jordan, A. H. AVest, George C. Floyd, W. R. Rannie, Frank M. Clark, L. A. Colee and the Wild Wood Park Company, a corporation, praying reformation in the description of certain land described in a dee executed by said Manning to Frank M. Clark, and for a corresponding reformation of the description of the same land in a mortgage thereof made by the appellant Eugene E. West to said Manning Daniels to secure the payment of the purchase money for said land, the property having been purchased by said West and Clark and -the other defendants as their associates and conveyed by Manning to Clark and by Clark to West, the latter executing" his notes and mortgage for the deferred payments of the purchase money. All of the defendants except Eugene E. AVest answered .the bill disclaiming any interest in the subject matter of the suit. Eugene E. West answered -the bill denying the material allegations thereof as to the existence of any mistake in
The propriety of the decree rests entirely upon the facts as disclosed by the proofs. No- useful purpose can be subserved by a detailed discussion of the volume of proofs submitted. We have carefully considered it, andaré of the opinion that the decree appealed from was proper on the proofs. Indeed it seems to us that the reformation-effected by the decree of -the description of the land in- the deed and mortgage -can be properly evolved from the four corners of those two instruments themselves almost without the -aid of the volume of extrinsic evidence adduced, the reformation made simply-making the-description contained'in said instruments more definite,' clear and -certain. As to the cross-bill the decree dismissing it -was proper- as there was no- proof adduced justifying the relief sought thereby. We think, tod, that the proofs show that all of the defendants to the original bill were so-connected-with- or interested in the-subject matter of the suit as to make them' proper parties defendant, and'so as- to make the decree for costs against them proper.