Hood v. Denny

DIXON, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff brought a suit for reformation of deed and for title by adverse possession. Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff on both counts. The ultimate issue is whether fraud will support reformation and the sufficiency of the evidence. The judgment is affirmed.

The following facts are uncontested. Defendants, Roy and Margaret Denny, acquired property at the Lake of the Ozarks in the early nineteen fifties, including the parcel which is the subject of this action. The description in the warranty deed conveying to the Dennys the parcel in dispute begins…