Legal Opinion

General Refractories Co. v. Sebek

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 20, 1931PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHag-Land, J.

This is a suit in equity seeking the reformation of a written instrument., a mining lease, on the alleged ground of mutual mistake. After hearing the evidence the circuit court gave .judgment for defendants, and this appeal on the part of plaintiff followed in due course. The lease out of which the controversy grows is one which was given by Steve Sebek and Frances Sebek, husband and wife, as lessors, to respondent Toelke, as lessee. The lease recites:

“The Lessors hereby grant unto the Lessee, his .successors and assigns, all the fire clay, diaspore and other alumina minerals upon and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Employers Indemnity Corp. v. GarrettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  2. Tesson v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Herhalser v. HerhalserMissouri Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. Dowd v. Lake Sites, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  3. Leimkuehler v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  4. City of New York Ins. Co. v. StephensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  5. Bogus v. BirenbaumSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964

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