Chandler v. Hale

This is a suit on a contract. 0-riginally, the petition was in two counts, hut the second count was dismissed at the close of the evidence, and no further notice need be taken of it.

Defendant’s answer was coupled with a cross-petition for reformation, setting up that the parties signed the contract sued on, “mutually believing” that it expressed the agreement which in fact was intended to be and was made, but that by mistake of the scrivener called in to write the agreement, the contract as written did not correctly express said agreement. The contents of the answer will be stated hereinafter…