Schlatter v. Ibarra

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court reforming a lease-contract (with option to purchase) after a finding of mutual mistake between the contracting parties.

Betty Ibarra (defendant-appellant) is the longtime owner of a Mexican food restaurant in Kansas City. Ralph Schlatter (plaintiff-appellee) is her insurance agent. He and the other plaintiffsappellees are business partners in the ownership of the land and a 30 by 40 foot building located at 9129 Elmhurst in Overland Park, Kansas.

This land consists of four lots in the…