Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Mitchell

Jordan, Justice.

Humble filed its complaint in three counts against Mitchell and Cook in the DeKalb Superior Court, seeking reformation, rescission, or compensation for unjust enrichment, it being asserted in substance that Humble agreed to sell for $20,000 to Mitchell and Cook a tract of land determined to be surplus property and included within a larger tract on Turner Hill Road at Interstate 20, but that through mistake Humble deeded the larger tract to Mitchell and Cook, who denied the existence of any mistake or any claim for relief. The case proceeded to trial before a jury, and at the…