Gaunt

Appellant is executrix of the estate of R. M. Gaunt (hereinafter referred to as the broker), who brought this suit for the purpose of obtaining a decree for the reformation of a written contract between her, the decedent, and the appellee, Vance Lumber Company (hereinafter referred to as the company), and for the enforcement of the reformed contract by the entry of a money judgment.

It appears that in 1923 the company was the owner of large tracts of timber land, cut-over land, a sawmill, a planing mill, shingle mills, a logging railroad, a store, hotel, and numerous cottages for its employees, and complete equipment for logging and lumbering, all near Malone, in the state of Washington. Owing in part to the frail health of the head of the concern, it was decided to sell at least the major portion of the property, if a satisfactory purchaser could be found. Prior to the execution of the writing in question there had been some discussion of this desire, between officers of the company and the broker, who represented that she had a prospective purchaser, but it was of an indefinite, inconclusive character, and not highly material here. The writing which the court is asked to reform…