Legal Opinion

Wright v. Sampson

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 19, 2005No. 52A02-0410-CV-868PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBB, Judge.

Roger Wright appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of Rebecca Sampson, which quieted title to certain property in Sampson's name and denied Wright's counterclaim for reformation of certain deeds. We reverse and remand.

Issues

Wright raises four issues for our review, which we consolidate, reorder, and restate as follows:

1. Whether a grantee, who is in privity with the grantor, may bring a claim for reformation of one of the grant- or's earlier deeds to a different grantee;

2 Whether a deed that was given as a gift to a grantee may be reformed because of a unilateral…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Foreman v. ForemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. Estate of Reasor v. Putnam CountyIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Union Township School Corp. v. State Ex Rel. JoyceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Meyer v. Marine Builders, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. Krieg v. HieberIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  2. Pullum v. PullumSupreme Court of Alabama · 2010
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  5. Thomas E. Black v. Kristie Humphrey (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2020

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