Court Opinion

ID: 9561582
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:12:30.928964+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:59.498571
License: Public Domain

Justice WEBB
dissenting.
I dissent. I agree with the analysis of the case as written by Judge Wells for the Court of Appeals. It is clear to me that all parties thought the plaintiffs were conveying to the defendants a tract of land of approximately twelve acres. The contract provided for a variation in price based on a slight variance in the size of the tract. The parties made the contract under a mutual mistake of fact because there were more than seventeen acres in the tract.
It is within the jurisdiction of the superior court to fashion a decree that is equitable to all parties. I believe that in exercising its power as a court of equity the superior court entered a decree which we cannot disturb.
I vote to affirm the Court of Appeals.