Culver v. Castro

Plaintiff áppeals as of right from a judgment for defendants rendered after a bench trial.

Plaintiff brought suit seeking damages for defendants’ failure to allow plaintiff to build a residence on certain land bought by defendants from plaintiff. Defendants counterclaimed for specific performance of a land contract pursuant to which defendants were buying certain real property from plaintiff. The trial court entered judgment against plaintiff and awarded defendants the requested specific performance.

Plaintiff is a building contractor dealing primarily in residential homes. On April 18, 1978,…