Cords v. Goodwin

The object of this action was to cancel a certain agreement relating to the satisfaction of a mortgage, to reform a release of the mortgage executed in pursuance of said agreement, and thereupon to foreclose said mortgage. The ground on which the relief was asked was that the agreement and release were given in consequence of a mutual mistake of "the parties. The present appeal is from a judgment of nonsuit. The respondents have not appeared herein.

The principal facts of the case are stated in the decision of the supreme court on a former appeal. (Cords v. Goodwin, 173 Cal. 61 [159 Pac.…