Wood v. Lett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by Mrs. J. E. Wood and another against Mrs. L. M. Lett and another, to reform a contract, and to specifically enforce it. From a decree sustaining demurrers to the bill, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The original bill in this cause was filed by the appellant Mrs. Wood, a married woman, for the reformation of a contract in writing, purporting to be an agreement between appellee Mrs. Lett on the one part and appellant Mrs. Wood on the other, by which said appellee was to sell a certain tract of land to appellant, in exchange for which appellant was to convey a certain other tract, said tracts being owned in severalty by Mrs. Lett and Mrs. Wood respectively, and for the specific performance of the contract according to its alleged true intent and purpose. There were other stipulations, but…
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