Coble v. Scherer

Swinehart, J.:

Plaintiffs Teddie Coble and Barbara Coble appeal from a judgment denying them recovery of a $5,000 deposit on a contract for the purchase of real estate.

The plaintiffs seek reversal of the judgment on alternative grounds. (1) There was no meeting of the minds and hence no contract. (2) The contractual agreement specifically limited the liquidated damages for breach of the contract to $1,000. (3) The contract was ambiguous, and since defendant Jackson & Scherer, Inc., drafted the contract, any doubt about its provisions should be resolved against the drafter. (4) The defendant,…