Biskupski v. Jaroszewski

This action was a suit in chancery in the superior court of Cook County for the reformation of a written contract for the sale of real estate, and, when thus reformed, for the specific performance thereof. It resulted in a decree reforming the contract and for specific performance.

The ground alleged for the reformation of the contract was that an error was made by the scrivener in reducing the agreement between the parties to writing. Inasmuch as there must be a mutual mistake of fact to justify reformation of a contract, (Mansell v. Lord Lumber and Fuel Co. 348 Ill. 140,) the specific…