Mayes v. Coe

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Appellee Carlie Fay Coe, owner of a motel of which appellant Gerald R. Mayes was in possession under a purchase contract calling for monthly payments over a period of years, ousted Mayes and retook possession of the motel because of a claimed breach of the contract by Mayes. The latter brought the instant action seeking restoration of possession and damages. After a trial the circuit court entered judgment dismissing the complaint. Mayes has appealed from that judgment.

Among other things, the purchase contract authorized repossession by the seller in the event of a…