Martin v. Reed

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Judge.

This is a suit over ownership and right to possession of farm real estate. Plaintiff sued to recover possession, whereon Defendants counterclaimed seeking specific performance of a written “contract for deed” and a declaratory judgment of the parties’ rights under that contract. 1 After making credibility determinations adverse to Defendants, the trial court ruled Plaintiff owned the subject property and Defendants had no ownership interest. In so deciding, the court found Defendants had defaulted under the written contract for deed, but were month-to-month tenants of…