Kauflin v. Turek

COIL, Commissioner.

Appellants (Mr. and Mrs. Kauflin) paid respondents (Mr. and Mrs. Turek) $900 at the time they executed an agreement to purchase the Turek farm. The Kauflins sued to recover the $900, averring that respondents “wholly failed to perform their part of” the “Agreement of Sale”. Respondents denied liability for the $900 and counterclaimed, seeking reformation of the sale contract, on the ground of mutual mistake, and specific performance of the reformed agreement. The trial court’s judgment dismissed appellants’ petition and granted respondents specific performance of the…