Main v. Howard

This is a suit for reformation of a stock certificate. The trial court ordered that the certificate, which was issued in the names of plaintiff and defendant as joint tenants, be reformed by removing defendant’s name and that a new certificate be issued in plaintiffs name alone. We reverse.

Plaintiff was 67 years of age, in August, 1977, when the stock certificate was issued to her and defendant as joint tenants. She had been divorced from her first husband in 1975, and had married Mr. Main shortly thereafter. Plaintiff and her second husband were divorced after the filing but before the trial…