WILK v. LEN


3 N.J. Super. 19 (1949)

65 A.2d 548

FRANK WILK AND ANOTHER, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ANTHONY LEN AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND HOME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 11, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Manfield G. Amlicke argued the cause for the plaintiffs-respondents.

Mr. Aaron Heller (Mr. Aldon S. Patlen, attorney) argued the cause for the defendants-appellants.

Before Judges JACOBS, EASTWOOD and BIGELOW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BIGELOW, J.A.D.

This is a case of reformation. In 1923, two men bought each one-half of a parcel of land which had a frontage of 70 feet on the street, a depth of 100 feet, and a rear line of 55.10 feet. The scrivener who drew the deeds misdescribed the line dividing the plot into two lots, so that there was conveyed to one purchaser 3,500 square feet of land, and to the other, a lot of only 2,755 square feet. Nobody at the...

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