Wynhoff v. Vogt

¶ 1. Gary S. Vogt, Veronica Vogt and the Vogt Family Limited Partnership (the Vogts) appeal from a judgment determining that property deeded to Gary on January 18,1974, should be retitled in favor of his stepfather and third-party defendant, George Wynhoff. The Vogts contend that the circuit court sitting in equity did not have the authority to reform the 1974 deed because it was valid and unambiguous on its own terms. Larry Wynhoff responds that the court properly exercised its discretion in retitling the property based on the intent of George and his wife Dorothy to have Larry and Gary…