Pearson v. Winfield

— Defendants-appellants Carl E. Pearson, Mary Ann Pearson, and Olive C. Beem appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs-appellees William S. and Douglass E. Winfield in an action for reformation of a deed.

The central issue presented for review is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the trial court’s finding of mutual mistake and its subsequent grant of reformation.

The following facts are pertinent to this appeal:

In November, 1959, defendant-appellant Olive C. Beem negotiated a sale of certain of her real estate in Monroe County with plaintiff-appellee William Winfield. They agreed…