Greene v. Londberg

This was a proceeding to foreclose a contract for the sale of commercial property. The trial court’s decree denied plaintiffs prayer and, in essence, reformed the contract. Plaintiff appeals, raising several assignments of error. We reach only one: under circumstances whose recitation would not benefit bench or bar, the trial court precipitously closed off the presentation of evidence. That was error. Both parties should have been permitted to present their cases. Unfortunately, these circumstances also defeat this court’s normal ability, on an appeal from a decree in equity, to try the case…