Parks v. Harden

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a decree which granted specific performance of a portion only of the property described in the option which had been executed by the defendant to the plaintiff. The reformation of the option was based upon the alleged partial incompetency of the defendant due to a claimed attack of diabetes at the time the defendant signed the agreement.

In August, 1951, the defendant leased a portion of his land, 100 feet by 300 feet, to the plaintiff for 3 years at a rental of $10 per month. The defendant gave the plaintiff oral permission to use…