Czeczotka v. Roode

Opinion

LAVERY, J.

This action for the reformation of a deed concerns a parcel of land in Griswold. The named defendant, Donald J. Roode, Jr., 1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the plaintiffs, Victor Czeczotka, Lucy Lefevre and Murray Czeczotka. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly failed to reform a deed in the parties’ chains of title based on its conclusion that he had failed to establish, by clear and convincing proof, that the deed was the result of a mutual mistake. 2 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The record reveals the following…