Legal Opinion

Binns v. Csik

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided October 5, 1940Published

1Opinion of the Court

In this suit, brought to reform certain mortgages, deeds and other documents, and relieving complainant from the consequences of mistakes asserted to have been made in the execution thereof, was first before this court on a motion to strike the bill of complaint. The decision of the court on the motion is found in126 N.J. Eq. 130. The court there laid down the rule that the complainant was not entitled to reformation on the ground of mutual mistake, since the mistake, if any, was not a mutual one because the present parties interested were not mutually involved in the transaction in which the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Briscoe v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
  2. Mutual Life Insurance v. NorrisNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1879
  3. Binns v. CsikNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1939

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