PRESSLEY v. MORTON


325 S.W.2d 81 (1959)

Edward L. PRESSLEY and his wife, Imogene Pressley, Appellants, v. William C. MORTON, Trustee, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick E. Nichols, Nichols & Nichols, Madisonville, for appellant.

Gordon, Gordon & Mills, Madisonville, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

In an action to reform a deed on the ground of mutual mistake, plaintiff appellees were granted the relief prayed.

The plaintiffs are trustees of an estate which they were settling. They advertised for sealed bids on a 75 acre tract of land, which was a part of a larger acreage. The principal defendant appellant made the following written bid:

"I am offering you the sum of $2,600.00 for the following piece of property: the 75 acres...

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