Bridges v. Miller Rubber Co.

In this case there are two questions for the Court to decide ; viz.: was there a mutual mistake justifying a court of equity in reforming the second contract and bond to meet the actual intention of the parties; and was there such a material misrepresentation by the defendant by a suppression of the truth as justifies the court in declaring the .second bond a nullity.

My conclusions are as follows:

1. I adopt as the correct statement of the law the principles laid down by Judge Soper in the case of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. vs. Isherwood et ah, published in The Daily Record of…