Legal Opinion
United States v. Bob Stofer Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 1988No. 87-3019PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The cross-plaintiffs, Bob Stofer Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Inc., and Robert and Marcia Stofer, appeal from the district court’s order denying their request for specific performance of a provision of a sales contract requiring cross-defendants, Jack Graham and Bernard Nelson, to indemnify the Stof-ers against any liability arising from debts owed to, among others, the Small Business Administration, the original plaintiff in this case.
We conclude that because the contract between the parties was the result of a mutual mistake of fact, and because the Stofers attempted to obtain…
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