Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority v. Watkins

This is an appeal from an order of the Cleveland Municipal Court granting a directed verdict to defendant-appellee, Roselee Watkins, and against plaintiff-appellant Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (CMHA) action for forcible entry and detainer. The court found that the agreement between the parties was not a lease but rather a land installment contract. The vendor of a land installment contract may recover possession of his property only by use of a proceeding for foreclosure and judicial sale provided that the vendee has paid in accordance with the contract terms for five years or…