Speer v. Stover

On October 10, 1984, this court dismissed the instant appeal for want of jurisdiction delineating its reasons in an unpublished opinion. That opinion in its entirety read as follows:

Joseph and Donna Speer appeal a district court order granting James Stover’s plea in abatement and ordering the cause held suspended on the docket of the court until further orders. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

The Speers brought suit in district court seeking specific performance of a contract in which Stover allegedly was to convey his community half of a house as well as his deceased wife’s…