Case Name: GEORGE G. FLEUROT v. CLARA B. FLETCHER, et al.
Court: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1901
Citations: 8 Ohio N.P. 318
Docket Number: 
Parties: GEORGE G. FLEUROT v. CLARA B. FLETCHER, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio nisi prius and general term reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 318–319

Head Matter:
(Hamilton County Common Pleas,
1901.)
GEORGE G. FLEUROT v. CLARA B. FLETCHER, et al.
In an action by the grantee in a deed where a reformation of the deed is sought so as to make it a mortgage the question of dower of grantee’s wife is involved and she should therefore be made a party to the suit.

Opinion:
Spiegel, J.
The petition in this case alleges that plaintiff loaned defendant $15,000 for a term of three years, receiving as security a deed in fee simple to certain real estate, giving a lease back to defendants; that said loan has not been repaid, and that, therefore, he prays a foreclosure and sale of said property, the deed being in fact a mortgage. The defendants demur, because—
•Maxwell & Ramsey for demurrer.
Ben. B. Dale for plaintiff.
1. The petition discloses upon its face a defect of parties.
2. The petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
The demurrer must be sustained upon the first ground. The petition shows that George G. Fleurot is the record owner of the estate in fee simple. As a reformation of the deed and lease is sought, so as to make it a mortgage, a foreclosure of the same without making the grantee's wife a party, would not bar her after her husband's death, to disavow the decision and claim that the transaction was an absolute conveyance to her husband. It follows, therefore, that she is a necessary party to make title under this proceeding.