Thacker v. Courtney

BÜHLING, Commissioner.

A brief outline of this case, involving an oral contract to sell and convey real estate, is: Defendant Mrs. Ethel F. Steinhauser and plaintiff Mrs. Juanita Thacker are sisters, being two of eleven children. Joseph W. Steinhauser is the husband of Ethel. Marion E. Thacker is the husband of Juanita. Mrs. Steinhauser purchased the ½ acre of land in Jackson County here involved for $500 on July 12,1948. A schoolhouse on the land had burned and the debris was in the basement. Under circumstances detailed hereinafter and following some improvement of the property, the Thackers…