Fincher v. Miles Homes of Missouri, Inc.

FINCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment wherein the trial court quieted title in plaintiffs to a tract of land, invalidated a deed of trust thereon on the basis that the purchaser under a contract for a deed has no right to encumber the property, and impressed the tract with an equitable lien in favor of defendant Miles Homes of Missouri, Inc. for $1,883.03 for materials furnished for a house thereon. On appeal to the Missouri court of appeals, Springfield district, that court, contrary to the decision of the trial court, concluded that a purchaser under a contract for a deed has an…