Flath v. Bauman

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-purchaser appeals from a judgment for defendant-vendor in an action for specific performance of a “contract for deed.”1 We affirm.

On May 6, 1981, vendor and purchaser executed a “contract for deed” to certain real property in Ste. Genevieve County. The subject property had flooded five times *127in the past ten years and had considerable flood damage at the time of sale. The sales contract made no provision as to responsibility for insuring the premises or as to who should bear the risk of fortuitous loss.

The sales contract provided for a purchase price of…