KOVACS v. HOAG


263 Wis. 139 (1953)

KOVACS and wife, Appellants, vs. HOAG and others, Defendants: WEBER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief and oral argument by Arnold C. Otto of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Bernard F. Mathiowetz of Milwaukee.


BROADFOOT, J.

It is elementary in Wisconsin that agreements may be reformed in a suit in equity where the true intent of the parties is not embodied in the agreement as reduced to writing because of some mutual mistake. La Rosa v. Hess, 258 Wis. 557, 46 N.W.2d 737; Langer v. Stegerwald Lumber Co. 262 Wis. 383, 55 N.W.2d 389; Lentz v. Dostal...

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