PARKER v. FISHER

17063, 17064.

207 Ga. 3 (1950)

59 S.E.2d 715

PARKER et al. v. FISHER et al. FISHER v. PARKER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boykin & Boykin, for plaintiffs.

O. W. Roberts Jr., and Robert D. Tisinger, for defendants.


WYATT, Justice.

"An honest mistake of the law as to the effect of an instrument on the part of both contracting parties, when such mistake operates as a gross injustice to one, and gives an unconscionable advantage to the other, may be relieved in equity." Code, § 37-204. "A mistake of law by the draftsman or other agent, by which the contract, as executed, does not fulfill or violates the manifest intention of the parties to the agreement, may be relieved in...

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