Legal Opinion
Bourne v. Lajoie
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 30, 1987No. 85-012PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
Plaintiff, Barbara Bourne, appeals from the reformation of a deed and from the dismissal of an accompanying legal malpractice action. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff Bourne (Bourne) entered into negotiations with the defendants Patrick and Sherry Lajoie for the sale of her farm in the late summer of 1981. According to town records and aerial photographs, the farm consisted of two hundred forty-eight unsurveyed acres. The farm was made up of two parts: the home farm, which contained one hundred eighteen acres, and the Carpenter Hill Farm, which contained one hundred thirty acres.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ramp v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Gramatan Home Investors Corp. v. StarlingSupreme Court of Vermont · 1983
- Winter v. Brown Ex Rel. BrownDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- deNEERGAARD v. DillinghamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1963
- LaRock v. HillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
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