Lukas v. Lightfoot

Charles and Mary Lukas, plaintiffs, appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County entered in favor of Robert and Margaret Lightfoot, defendants, following a bench trial on plaintiffs’ three-count complaint. The complaint sought, among other things, rescission or reformation of a contract involving the sale of plaintiffs’ farm to defendants. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

The contract at issue is dated January 3, 1978, and signed by all four parties. It provides, in pertinent part:

“Charles and Mary Lukas, hereafter known as sellers,…