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Reformation Of Voluntary Conveyances, Henry D. Bell
Reformation Of Voluntary Conveyances, Henry D. Bell
Vanderbilt Law Review
It has frequently been stated that equity will not reform a conveyance which is merely voluntary and based on no consideration.' As thus broadly stated the rule is manifestly inaccurate, for it is universally recognized that a grantor is entitled to have a voluntary conveyance reformed. Moreover,the rule is unhelpful and even misleading, for it does not define the term "voluntary" and it ignores a line of authority which allows reformation of concededly voluntary conveyances in favor of parties other than the grantor.
The continued recital of this rule is probably due to a spontaneous reaction of abhorrence on the …