Title: FARMERS & MERCHANTS NAT. BANK v. HOYT
Citation: 120 P. 26 4, 1911 OK 379, 29 Okla. 772
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: November 14, 1911

FARMERS & MERCHANTS NAT. BANK v. HOYT Annotate this Case FARMERS & MERCHANTS NAT. BANK v. HOYT 1911 OK 379 120 P. 264 29 Okla. 772 Case Number: 1021 Decided: 11/14/1911 Supreme Court of Oklahoma FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NAT. BANK v. HOYT. Syllabus ¶0 1. EQUITY--Defenses--Mistake--Parol Evidence. In this state, whilst the distinction between law and equity is abolished, equitable relief may be awarded by the district court under proper allegations, when sustained by the required measure of proof.(a) Such equitable relief may be invoked by means of an equitable defense to defeat plaintiff's legal cause of action.(b) In invoking such equitable defense where necessary, a written instrument, on account of mistake or accident, not expressing the facts and mutual intention of the parties thereto, parol evidence may be admitted as to the facts and the mutual intention. 2. BILLS AND