Van Meter v. Bent Construction Co.

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• concluding that a negligent person is not precluded from asserting mutual mistake and that an innocent misrepresentation may support rescission for mutual mistake
• explaining that a negligence defense “would 9 result in the virtual destruction of the equitable remedies for relief from mistake”

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