Berman v. Sandler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that the words “the first paragraph of’ were mistakenly dropped, reformed instrument to accomplish minimization of estate tax
• allowing reformation of trust to permit effectuation of settlor’s intent to utilize Federal estate tax marital deduction fully
• distinguishing reformation of trusts for unilateral scrivener’s mistake from reformation of contracts, which requires proof of mutual mistake
• \Consideration of . . . extrinsic evidence is proper where . . . a trust [is] ambiguous\
• “In contract law, reformation will not be granted unless the parties’ mistake is mutual.”
• action to reform a written document on the grounds of mistake

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).