Grieve v. Grieve
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Natrona County, Iiow. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. Action for the reformation of a written contract and its enforcement according to the agreement claimed to have been actually entered into. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court, Natrona County, Iiow. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. Action for the reformation of a written contract and its enforcement according to the agreement claimed to have been actually entered into. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The defendants in error do not claim that the plaintiff in error was guilty of fraud, or that there was any trust relationship existing between them at the time of making the contract, neither do they claim that the mistake was the mistake of one side, but they claim that the mistake was mutual. This was the theory upon which the…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Justice.
The defendants in error (hereinafter called defendants) brought this action in the District Court of. Natrona County against the plaintiff in error (hereinafter called plaintiff) for the reformation of a written contract; for the enforcement of said contract as the defendants claim it' actually was and should have been expressed in the writing; and for an accounting'under the contract.
The contract was for the leasing of certain sheep, on shares, by the plaintiff to the defendants, and was for the term of three years, commencing October 28, 1899. Among other things, the contract…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Montgomery v. City Council of CharlestonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1900
- Pope v. HoopesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898
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