Question

A vendor entered into a written contract with a purchaser for the sale of a large tract of land. The contract set forth an accurate metes and bounds description of the land based on a professional survey. At closing, the purchaser discovered that the deed was incorrectly transcribed and did not agree with the description of the land in the contract. The deed described the property to be conveyed as follows:(i) from the southwest corner of [a specified starting point], proceed South 45 degrees East 200 feet to [a specified point]; (ii) from that point, proceed South 45 degrees West 100 feet to [a specified point]; (iii) from that point, proceed North 45 degrees West 200 feet to [a specified point]; and (iv) from that point, proceed South 45 degrees East 100 feet to the starting point.The purchaser refused to proceed with the closing and brought an action to reform the deed to make it conform to the intention of the parties.

Which of the following corrections should be made for the deed to properly describe the land?

Answer 1

The direction in option (iv) should be changed to "North 45 degrees East 100 feet."

Step-by-step explanation:

The vendor in question want to sell a piece of land to a purchaser. However, the purchaser discovered that the contract has a mistake. The purchase refused to proceed with the contract until the mistake is corrected. The descriptions in options (i) to (iii) are correct while that in option (iv) should be corrected. The direction should be changed.