Fox v. Barrett

WELLS, Judge.

Plaintiffs’ Appeal

The question is whether the trial court properly ruled on the motions before it. For the reasons to follow, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ claims for abuse of process and libel; we decline to consider plaintiffs’ appeal of the denial of their motion for summary judgment in their favor; and we dismiss defendants’ cross-appeal.

On 18 November 1981 the plaintiffs joined with their children in the execution of a contract for the sale of some real property to defendants, such joinder being for the limited purpose of granting defendants a right of…