Cepel v. Smallcomb

In this appeal, Thomas H. Cepel, Janell M. Macek, Kenneth O. Cepel, and Jeff J. Cepel, as trustees of the Cepel Family Trust (Cepel Trust), claim they paid more than their share of installment payments on a real estate mortgage. The Cepel Trust and the beneficiaries of the trust seek contribution from Peggy Smallcomb and others (the Smallcombs) and Farm Credit Services of the Midlands (Farm Credit), their codebtors on the mortgage. The Cepel Trust owned one section of land, and the Smallcombs owned another. Both sections were security for a mortgage which was held by Farm Credit. After four…