CLARENCE H. VENNER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,
v.
THE DENVER UNION WATER COMPANY ET AL.
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A daughter sued for reformation of a deed from her deceased father to include omitted property, alleging the original intent was to convey all property to her for love and affection.
A court of equity will reform a deed mistakenly omitting property, even if the consideration was love and affection and the grantor is deceased, provided there is sufficient evidence of the grantor's intent.
The father intended to convey all his property to his daughter for love and affection, executing a deed with a life estate reservation and an affidavi…
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Per Curiam.
Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Farrell v. O’Brien, 199 U. S. 100; Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State of Texas, 212 U. S. 112; King v. West Virginia, 216 U. S. 92; Griffith v. Connecticut, 218 U. S. 563.
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Operators' Oil Co. v. Barbre, 65 F.2d 857 (10th Cir. 1933)…cago Auditorium Ass’n, 240 U. S. 581, 36 S. Ct. 412, 60 L. Ed. 811, L. R. A. 1917B, 580, the court refers to the rule as applicable to “executory contracts.” In Moore v. Security Trust & Life Ins. Co. (C. C. A. 8) 168 F. 496, 503, cer-tiorari denied 219 U. S. 583, 31 S. Ct. 469, 55 L. Ed. 346, Judge Sanborn states the rule “applies only to actions on contracts that are mutually executory;” that it does not apply “where the party of one part has completely executed the contract and it is executory only upon t…
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Wallman v. United Cas. Co., 147 F.2d 636 (3d Cir. 1945)…e in the instant case. Layton v. Illinois Life Ins. Co., 7 Cir., 1936, 81 F. 2d 600, certiorari denied 1936, 298 U.S. 681, 56 S.Ct. 949, 80 L.Ed. 1401; Moore et al. v. Security Trust & Life Ins. Co., 8 Cir., 1909, 168 F. 496, certiorari denied 1910, 219 U.S. 583, 31 S.Ct. 469, 55 L.Ed. 346; People ex rel. Palmer v. Peoria Life Ins. Co., 1941, 376 Ill. 517, 34 N.E. 2d 829, 136 A.L.R. 151; certiorari denied Harwich v. O’Hern, 1941, 314 U.S. 688, 62 S.Ct. 300, 86 L.Ed. 551; North Carolina State Life Insurance…
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- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State OF Tex. (NO. 2), 212 U.S. 112 (U.S. 1909)
- Griffith v. State of Conn., 218 U.S. 563 (U.S. 1910)
- King v. State of W. Va. & Spruce Coal & Lumber Co., 216 U.S. 92 (U.S. 1910)