People ex rel. McCloskey v. Judge of the Wayne Circuit Court

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• holding that a lease that was not executed in compliance with the required formalities was invalid and not subject to reformation
• holding that a lease that was not executed in compliance with the required formalities was invalid and not subject to reformation
• stating that the purpose of reformation is to \cause an instrument to express the intent of the parties as to the contents thereof\
• “Where a statute requires certain formalities for the execution of an instrument, reformation cannot be granted to supply these formalities.”
• \[P]artial performance may remove a defectively executed lease from the operation of the Statute of Conveyances.\
• defectively executed lease creates monthly tenancy when tenant vacates premises after fully prepaying rents

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