Castle v. Daniels

This appeal arises from the judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Champaign County, Ohio, granting plaintiffs-appellees, Elva L. Castle and his two sons, Steven and Keith, their request for the reformation of a deed which they had conveyed to the defendants-appellants, Steven A. and Connie S. Daniels. From this judgment the defendants have timely appealed to this court setting forth the following two assignments of error:

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“In order to have reformation of an instrument on the ground of mistake, it is necessary that the mistake be mutual which must be shown by clear and convincing proof, which…