Dennett v. Mt. Harvard Development Co.

SILVERSTEIN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Dennett, sued to quiet title to a 6.9 acre parcel of land. The trial court denied Dennett’s claim and granted defendant’s request for reformation. Dennett appeals the trial court’s determination that the preceding receipt and option contract did not merge into the deed. We affirm.

The property at issue is part of a large parcel of land located east of U.S. Highway 24 and west of the D&RGW railroad right-of-way, north of Buena Vista, Colorado. In November 1971, H. D. Nettles contacted a real estate broker in Buena Vista concerning the purchase of the property. The…