Lillo v. Thee

GREENE, Judge.

On January 14, 1981, Arthur and Evelyn Lillo sued Herbert and Dorothy Thee, seeking specific performance of a real estate contract in which the Lillos had offered to buy, and the Thees had agreed to sell, real estate in West Plains, Missouri, for the sum of $26,500. In their amended answer and counterclaim, the Thees contended that a promissory note in the sum of $12,083.43 executed by them on February 12, 1974, payable to Robert Thompson, and secured by a deed of trust on the real estate in question, was void and, therefore, the refusal of the Lillos to pay the entire purchase…