PHILIPPINE SUGAR & C. CO. v. Phil. Islands, 247 U.S. 385 (1918) (No. 189)
1918
PHILIPPINE SUGAR & C. CO. v. Phil. Islands, 247 U.S. 385 (1918) (No. 189)
Supreme Court of the United States
1918
Case name: PHILIPPINE SUGAR & C. CO. v. Phil. Islands Opinion filed: 1918-06-10 Docket No.: 189 Citations: • 247 U.S. 385 • 38 S. Ct. 513 • 62 L. Ed. 1177 • 1918 U.S. LEXIS 1921 Case holding summaries: • stating that reformation will not be granted ‘‘unless the proof of mutual mistake [is] of the clearest and most satisfactory character’’ (internal quotation marks omitted) • noting that “[i]t is well settled that courts of equity will reform a written contract where, owing to mutual mistake, the language used therein did not fully or accurately express the agreement and intention of the parties” • stating that reformation will not be granted “unless the proof of mutual mistake be of the clearest and most satisfactory character”
