Shay v. Pettes

Citations

• 35 Ill. 360

Syllabus

<p>1. Mistake—reformation of. To justify the reformation of an instrument on the ground of mistake, the evidence should be clear, free from suspicion and entirely satisfactory.</p> <p>2. Witness — competency—weight of testimony. In a suit in chancery to correct an alleged mistake in a mortgage, a party to the instrument may be a competent witness, but his testimony should be corroborated by other testimony, or by circumstances showing that the other party had the same intention that he himself had.</p>