Goldberg v. Cheeks

This is an appeal from a circuit court’s action reviewing an appeal from the circuit court commissioner.

In 1949 plaintiff (seller) and the defendants (buyers) entered into a land contract for the sale and purchase of a two-story building. The defendants agreed to pay $10,000; $1,000 down and $100 per month. By supplemental agreement the plaintiff eliminated interest on the unpaid balance in return for the free use of the building’s first floor.

The defendants paid the $1,000 down payment and a total of 24 payments at $100 per month through March of 1951. For the next 10 years defendants made…