Case ID: ohio-law-abs_2/html/0422-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "JONES, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 399
    No. 18442
    Reggio Mattucci et al v. B. R. Sutliff.
    Error to the Court of Appeals of Belmont County.
    297. CONTRACTS — Judgment of trial court on two causes of action, one for reformation of contract respecting sale of coal lands and the other for ’damages for false representations. Court of Appeals refused reformation and dismissed the appeal on second cause, and its action is sustained by Supreme Court.
   JONES, J.

Plaintiff sued for damages ensuing from false representations made respecting two tracts of coal land, which defendants agreed to sell and convey to the plaintiff by a written contract. One of the tracts was unintentionally omitted from said contract, but on the following day defendant conveyed or caused to be conveyed both tracts to the plaintiff. Plaintiff’s action included two causes of action, one seeking reformatiori of the contract so as to include the onfitted tract, and the other asking damages for false representations. The trial court reformed the contract and rendered judgment for damages. Defendants appealed to the Court of Appeals.

Held: Upon development of the foregoing-facts the Court of Appeals did not err in refusing reformation of the contract or in dismissing the appeal as to the second cause of action.

Judgment affirmed.

Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.’ Wanamaker, J., not participating.