Hawkins v. Foster

FLANIGAN, Judge.

This action arises out of a real estate contract entered into on May 9, 1990, between plaintiffs-sellers Stanley Hawkins and Norma Hawkins, husband and wife, and defendant-buyer Robert Foster. The purchase price for the residence and lot in Neosho was $130,000, and the closing was scheduled for July 6, 1990. On that date, defendant refused to close. On June 17, 1991, plaintiffs sold the property to another purchaser for $100,000 and paid a real estate commission of $7,000 in connection with that sale. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded plaintiffs judgment against…