Stapley v. American Bathtub Liners, Inc.

BROOKS, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict requiring a purchaser of real property to pay rent to the seller for the period during which the purchaser was in possession of the property prior to transfer of legal title. We consider whether the seller’s action for rent was permissible under the doctrine of equitable conversion or A.R.S. section 12-1271.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

We view the evidence in a light most favorable to sustaining the verdict. Vene-nas v. Johnson, 127 Ariz. 496, 622 P.2d 55 (App.1980). In late 1984, appellant American Bathtub Liners,…