Shook v. Vonder Haar

Defendant appeals from a judgment of strict foreclosure in an action to foreclose a land-sale contract. He objects on appeal to the trial court’s decision to include in the judgment interest owed on the contract during a period in which the contract had been foreclosed pursuant to a prior judgment. We affirm.

Plaintiff sold defendant a house and certain personal property in Tillamook County under a contract dated May 27, 1988. The sale price was $85,000, of which defendant paid $15,000 down. The balance of $70,000 accrued interest at the rate of nine percent per annum.

The contract required…