Lyons v. Lyons
Lyons v. Lyons
Opinion of the Court
Property having been sold, under a mortgage given by the complainant and her husband, now deceased, to the husband, when she supposed the deed would be to herself and her husband jointly, she brings this bill to reform the deed. The respondents demur to the bill.
In Fehlberg v. Cosine, 16 R. I. 162, the court held that, to entitle a part}^ to a decree to reform a written instrument, it must appear that there has been a mutual, mistake in its execution.
Whatever equitable remedy the complainant may have, it cannot be to reform the deed.
The demurrer is sustained to so much of the bill as seeks to reform the deed.
The bill, however, sets out facts which appear to charge the husband, a cotenant and purchaser at a sale caused by his own default, as a trustee under the deed, and to this extent the demurrer is overruled.
Reference
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- Ann Lyons vs. John Lyons Et Al.
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