NOVEMBER  TERM,  1861.
Charles  F.  Durakt,  appellant,  and  Charles  B.  F,  BacoI!
and  others,  respondents.
On  a  bill  filed  to  reform  an  alleged  mistake  in  the  description  of  a  lot  of
land  conveyed  by  deed  of  bargain  and  sale,  'where  the  allegation  of  com-
plainant was,  that  the  deed  sought  to  be  reformed  was  made  to  correct  a
former  deed  betweeh  the  same  parties,  which  was  erroneous  in  conse-
quence of  a  mistake  of  the  parties  in  supposing  that  two  streets,  at  the
intersection  of  which  the  lot  was  located,  intersected  each  other  at  right
angles,  and  that  the  object  of  making  the  second  deed  was  to  square  the
lots,  and  to  make  the  westerly  line  of  complainant's  lot  perpendicular  to
one  of  said  streets,  when  in  fact  the  land  conveyed  by  the  second  deed
was  not  sufficient  for  the  purpose  intended,  and  that  to  accomplish  that
object  would  require  complainant  to  have  nineteen  feet  more  of  land  on
the  turnpike  than  was  actually  conveyed  to  him,  it  was  held —

That  although  there  was  some  parol  evidence  to  show  that,  at  the  time  the
second  conveyance  was  made,  the  parties  supposed  it  would  square  the
complainant's  lot  with  the  turnpike,  and  make  the  westerly  line  perpen-
dicular thereto,  yet  where  there  is  no  evidence  to  show  that  the  grantor
had  any  intention  to  convey  more  land  than  he  did  convey,  or  that  he


412        COURT  OF  ERRORS  AND  APPEAL.
Durant  r.  Bacot.
would  have  sold  more  than  he  did,  unless  he  had  be^n  paid  an  additional
price,  or  that  the  grantee'  got  less  land  than  he  bargained  for  or  paid  for
the  deed  will  not  be  reformed.
