Opinion ID: 1818600
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Heading: The second deed of trust was an attempt to reform the first deed of trust.

Text: ¶ 15. It is Ballard's position that the second deed of trust was an attempt to reform the first deed of trust, which failed to list the notes. We find that this assigned error is without merit. The second deed of trust was not an effort at reformation. See Barataria Canning Co. v. Ott, 88 Miss. 771, 781, 41 So. 378, 380 (1906) (when a written instrument fails to express the intention of the parties, a court in equity will grant it relief, although the failure may have resulted from a mistake as to the legal meaning and operation of the terms or language employed in the writing). Rather, the second deed of trust constituted a renewal and extension which imposed additional terms on the parties. Therefore, no further analysis concerning reformation is necessary.