LATTIN v. GRAY

No. 4098.

335 P.2d 778 (1959)

Eugene LATTIN, Otto A. Ommen and Howard W. Cassity, as Trustees for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union 1780, Las Vegas, Nevada, Appellants, v. Frank F. GRAY and Eleanor A. Gray, Husband and Wife; Chester C. Cooper and Esther M. Cooper, Husband and Wife; Charlie E. Steel and Sally Steel, Husband and Wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Rudiak and Betty Aronow, Las Vegas, for appellants.

McNamee and McNamee and Franklin P.R. Rittenhouse, Las Vegas, for respondents Gray and Cooper.

Hawkins and Cannon, Las Vegas, for respondents Steel.


MERRILL, Chief Justice.

This action is brought by appellants on behalf of the Las Vegas local of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. They seek reformation of certain deeds. Basis for the suit is an alleged mutual mistake of fact, due to which property conveyed by the union was misdescribed.

Judgment below was for the defendants and the union has taken this appeal. It contends that the evidence establishes its right to reformation beyond dispute...

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