St. Pius X House of Retreats v. CAMDEN DIOCESE NJ

I am satisfied that the written contract of sale between the primary parties in this litigation, the Salvatorians and the Diocese of Camden, contained a mutual mistake concerning the particular tracts to be included in the land conveyance. As I read the record in this case, the parties never intended that the sale include the noncontiguous tract known as “2H”, which the Salvatorians had previously sold in an unrecorded transaction and, thus, could no longer legally convey. The written agreement erroneously included this tract and did not express the true intention of the parties on this…