Wagner v. Myers

This case involves the setting aside of deeds of conveyance. Appeal is from a decree so doing.

The decree.here attacked was entered pursuant to “an agreement by stipulation of the parties” reached upon trial date after day-long negotiations. Substituted counsel for defendant-appellant urge to us primarily (as they urged the trial chancellor upon motion for rehearing) that the decree is based upon a mistake of fact. This is the ground upon which our opinion will turn. Some review of the factual background, however, is essential to an understanding of the context in which this issue arose.

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