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B-198515 1 (1981-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjmp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISI-N ' \ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECIS-.I OF THE UNITED STATES >''.,/ WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-198515 DATE: June 23, 1981 MATTER OF: Plum Creek Lumber Company DIGEST: 1. Timber sale contract will not be reformed on basis of mutual mistake where no showing is made that written contract did not represent full agreement of parties. 2. Written contract Addendum executed under timber sale contract will not be reformed or rescinded where parties improperly interpreted terms of sale contract when agreeing to Addendum since mistake of law in interpreting terms of con- tract, in the absence of Government misrepre- sentation, does not provide basis for relief. Plum Creek Lumber Company requests reformation of a timber sale contract entitled the Ball Branch Sale, contract No. 01775-4 or reformation or rescission of a modification to that contract dated October 22, 1974, to permit the cancellation of Plum Creek's obligation to cut and remove pulp wood. On September 30, 1974, Plum Creek was awarded the Ball Branch Sale, to cut and remove timber in Spotted Bear Ranger District, Flathead National Forest, Montana. Plum Creek also held timber sale contracts in the Lower Sullivan and Taylor Elam areas in the same forest. By letter of October 11, 1974, Plum Creek requested author- ity to cut and remove pulp logs under clause B3.41 of each of the three contracts, including Ball Branch. Sec- tion A2 of the contracts sets out the type of timber -3 7 A • i O/737A-

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