Mahlon Pitney, Camp v. Boyd — Opinion of the Court
“ If, through inadvertence and mistake, a wrong description is placed in a deed by an individual, and property not intended to be conveyed is conveyed, can there be any doubt of the jurisdiction of a court of equity to interfere and restore to the party the title which he never intended to convey? ”
Mahlon Pitney, Camp v. Boyd — Opinion of the Court
“ To say that when such a mistake occurs in carrying out the decree of a court of equity,-a court possessed of full jurisdiction over the subject-matter and all the parties, harmful consequences shall be permitted to fall upon the purchasers who, in reliance upon the apparent regularity of the proceedings, have paid the purchase money to the officer of the court in the belief that they would get as good a title as the court could give them, and as good as the court could require any of the parties before it to give them,-would be nothing less than a reproach upon the administration of justice. ”
Mahlon Pitney, Camp v. Boyd — Opinion of the Court
“ The bill of complaint herein avers that the defendant, now appellant, claims to be the assignee of the heirs at law of Blodget; and that he claims that after the execution of the leases there remained in Blodget and his heirs a reversion in fee in lot 20; that only a rent charge passed under the proceedings in Bickley v. Blodget; that as the leases have expired without purchase or renewal by the lessees, the reversion has come into possession, and that therefore, as plaintiff in ejectment, he has the right to recover possession and title in fee simple. ”
