Opinion

Waller v. Mastin

  • 220 Ala. 479
  • 125 So. 806
  • 1930 Ala. LEXIS 16
Court
Supreme Court of Alabama
Filed
Jan 23, 1930
Status
Published
Author
Thomas
On the bench
Anderson, Brown, Sayre, Thomas
Cited by
7 cases
Authority
More cited than 74.9%

The opinion

THOMAS, J.

The suit is for the reformation of a conveyance because of mistake of fact by the parties thereto, and resulted in a judgment for the complainants.

The rules obtaining in such matters are well understood; and the authorities are collected in Parra v. Cooper, 213 Ala. 340 , 104 So. 827 ; Burch v. Driver, 205 Ala. 659 , 88 So. 902 ; Orr, Scroggins & Hume v. Echols, 119 Ala. 340 , 24 So. 357 ; Moore et al. v. Tate, 114 Ala. 582 , 21 So. 820 ; Kelly v. Turner,

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74 Ala. 513 . The mistake was by reason of ignorance of legal effect. Skidmore v. Stewart, 109 Ala. 566 , 75 So. 1 ; Hemphill v. Moody, 64 Ala. 468 ; Trapp & Hill v. Moore & Border, 21 Ala. 693 ; Larkins v. Biddle, 21 Ala. 252 ; Page v. Whatley, 162 Ala. 473 , 50 So. 116 ; Hataway v. Carnley, 198 Ala. 39 , 73 So. 382 .

The evidence fully, clearly, and satisfactorily established that the mistake in drawing the conveyance was that of the scrivener, and the parties thereto, through ignorance and misapprehension as to the legal effect of the conveyance so drawn for them, executed a different conveyance from that intended and Which the scrivener was instructed to draw; and that said writing did not express the true, real intent and agreement of the parties to the conveyance made at the time of its execution and delivery thereof.

The relief prayed was properly granted, and fully and properly expressed in the decree as to the parties.

Affirmed.

ANDERSON, C. X, and SAYRE and BROWN, JJ., concur.

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