Section 42 Fraud

• Library: Remedies 2006

Fraud or other inequitable conduct that causes a mistake by the other party can form the basis of a claim for reformation of the contract. Citizens Bank of Festus v. Frazier, 177 S.W.2d 477, 483 (Mo. 1944); Hood v. Denny, 555 S.W.2d 337, 345 (Mo. App. W.D. 1977).

Courts have required that all the elements of fraud be shown before awarding reformation. See Hereford v. Unknown Heirs of Tholozan, 315 S.W.2d 412 (Mo. 1958); Strothcamp v. Sandy Ford Ranch, Inc., 440 S.W.2d 193, 195 (Mo. App. E.D. 1969). The...