Johnson Family Ltd. Partnership v. White Pine Wireless, LLC

In this suit to reform a deed and enforce restrictions, defendants J.EM.S., Inc. (JPMS), and White Pine Wireless, LLC (White Pine), appeal as of right the trial court’s grant of summary disposition in favor of plaintiff, Johnson Family Limited Partnership (the Partnership). On appeal, the primary issues are whether the trial court could properly reform an unambiguous deed to include omitted deed restrictions notwithstanding the doctrine of merger, whether the facts supported reformation of the deed at issue on the basis of mutual or unilateral mistake, and, if the trial court properly…