Turner v. Pennington

Tom Glaze, Judge.

Appellants seek reversal of the chancellor’s decision that appellee was entitled to have a certain deed reformed to include a mineral reservation which had been omitted. The trial judge also upheld appellee’s alternative claims of entitlement to the mineral interests based on laches, estoppel and adverse possession. Appellants contend the chancellor’s findings were contrary to the law. Because we find the evidence and the law support the chancellor’s decision to reform the deed, we limit our discussion and opinion to that issue only.

The law is well settled that reformation of…