Allen v. Allen

I do not disagree with the majority of the court that plaintiff may have been entitled to some relief in this case. However, I think that neither the trial judge nor the majority are clear as to the manner in which the two deeds should be reformed. Affirmance of this vague order can only *1145result in a perversion of legal processes. I have no wish to revert to the ritualistic shackles of common-law pleading and remedies and am as ready as the majority to accept the equitable principle of reformation as a well-established remedy in the jurisprudence of this state. I simply believe that it is…