Newton v. Hull
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles CounLy, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanclief, C.
Action to reform an agreement by which the defendants Hull and Read agreed to purchase, and plaintiff to sell, two fifths of a piece of land situate in Los Angeles County, containing about seventeen acres, together with eight shares of the capital stock of the Lake Vineyard Land and Water Association, a corporation; and also to foreclose the vendor’s lien upon the property for the unpaid portion of the purchase-money.
It is alleged in the complaint that by mistake in drawing the written memorandum of the agreement the words “ undivided two fifths of” were omitted from the…
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