Stalter v. Gibson

RAYMOND R. ABRAMSON, Judge.

|TIn this case from Van Burén County, the parties are at odds over the effect of a deed conveying 170 acres that contained no reservation of mineral rights. Appellants Jay and Charlotte Stalter, who were the sellers, asked the circuit court to set the deed aside or reform it to reflect their reservation of half of the mineral rights. Appellees Jimmy and Dianne Gibson, the buyers, claimed that the deed accurately memorialized the parties’ agreement to convey all mineral rights to the buyers when the buyers paid off the property. Following a bench trial, the circuit…