Whited v. Johnson

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided January 24, 1917.)

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1917-01-24

<p>Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Aleck Boarman, Judge.</p>

1 counsel of record

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1917-01-24

¶1Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Aleck Boarman, Judge.

¶2W. D. Gordon and Henry G. Russell, both of Beaumont, Tex., for appellants. James W. Parsons, of Mansfield, La., and J. A. Thigpen and S. L. Herold, both of Shreveport, La., for appellee.

¶3Before PARDEE and WALKER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5To reform the contract on the ground of mutual mistake complainant’s bill shows no case for equitable relief. To rescind the contract and recover the amounts paid, complainant has an adequate remedy at law. Decree affirmed.