Legal Opinion
Martinelli v. Gabriel
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 27, 1951No. Civ. 14609PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERS, P. J.—
This is an action to reform a deed, on the ground of mutual mistake, to make it provide that the northwesterly boundary of a piece of property purchased by defendants from the plaintiffs should be 63 feet in length instead of 65 as set forth in the deed, and that the southeasterly boundary should be 92 feet instead of 94. The trial court reformed the deed as requested and defendants appeal.
Prior to 1945 plaintiffs owned a large rectangular piece of property consisting of four lots fronting on Main Street, in Inverness, Marin County. The lots were contiguous and were designated…
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