Stepp v. Stepp

SIMS, Judge.

On ¡November 9, 1953, appellants, W. B. Stepp, and his six brothers and sisters, instituted this action against appellees, Martin Stepp and his wife, and the United Fuel Gas Company, to reform a deed their mother, Amy Stepp, (later Amy Stepp Pauley) had executed to Martin Stepp on November 13, 1924, conveying him 23⅛ acres of land located in Martin County, subject to her life, estate in the oil and gas. The ground for reformation alleged in the complaint was mutual mistake. After considerable proof was taken by depositions, the trial judge in a well-written opinion sustained…