Estate of Vaage v. State

McEVERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] 'Correne Vaage, surviving, spouse and special personal representative of the Estate of Lowell H. Vaage (“Lowell Vaage estate” or “Estate”), appeals from a judgment dismissing its claim-to reform a'personal representative’s deed issued by the John Vaage estate to Lowell Vaage, We affirm, concluding the district court’s finding the Lowell Vaage estate failed to prove fraud or mistake sufficient to reform the personal representative’s deed was not clearly erroneous.

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[¶'2] Lowell Vaage’s father, John Vaage, owned 600 surface acres and 275 mineral acres in Burke County. In…