Bergen v. Ebey

Citations

• 88 Ill. 269

Syllabus

<p>Chancery—reforming deed—fraud. Where the terms of a deed are agreed on, and the parties go to a conveyancer and state such terms, to enable him to draft the deed, and the grantor, afterwards, without the knowledge of the grantee, gives other directions as to the terms to be inserted, which are followed, and the grantee accepts the deed, supposing it to be drawn as agreed on, a court of equity will reform the deed, the proceeding being a fraud upon the grantee.</p>