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· 7/17/1980

Ell v. Ell

Citations

  • 295 N.W.2d 143
  • 1980 N.D. LEXIS 276

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding judicial reformation of contract is an appropriate remedy when the contract was the product of a mutual mistake
  • holding after trial that the record clearly showed parties did not become aware of the absence of a mineral reservation in a 1964 contract for deed or in a 1971 deed until 1978
  • holding after trial that the record clearly showed parties did not become aware of the absence of a mineral reservation in a 1964 contract for deed or in a 1971 deed until 1978
  • reformation allowed for mistake in reducing prior agreement to writing
  • reformation allowed for mistake in reducing prior agreement to writing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Erickstad, Vande Walle, Pederson, Paul-Son, Sand

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