MacOmber v. Peckham
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to reform a written contract for the sale of land, and to enforce it as reformed.
1Opinion of the CourtDurfee, C. J.
The contract set forth in the bill is a contract in writing signed by the defendant, whereby tbe defendant agrees to sell to the complainant a tract of land in Coventry and West Greenwich, known as the “ estate of the American Cranberry Company, as platted by George W. Lamphear in 1870,” and containing about 864 acres of land, for the sum of $12,500, to be paid as stated therein, the agreement to hold good until May 1,1888, and a quitclaim deed of the premises to be given at any time before that date. The bill alleges that, by a mutual mistake of the parties in drawing up the contract, a…
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- Gillespie v. MoonNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
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- Quinn v. RoathSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
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