Roberts v. Watson

1. We first consider whether appellants made a showing entitling them to a reformation of the written contract of lease. This question, we are very clear, must be answered in the negative. The writing is expressed in unambiguous terms, as the letting of the property to the defendants for the full term of five years, and it is quite incredible that the lessees, or any of them, who are apparently men of at least ordinary ability and understanding, could by any possibility have believed that it bound them only as tenants from month to month. They do not pretend that they did not know the…