Holden v. Kay

BARRY, Senior Judge.

Russell J. and Judith E. Holden (the Holdens) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County which makes final a decree nisi which granted the petition of Donald D. and Arlyne Kay (the Kays) for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land.1 The following facts are undisputed. The Kays sold a parcel of land approximately ten acres in size to the Holdens and leased back a smaller portion of the land sold. (Notes of Testimony [N.T.], 11/13/89, pp. 23, 25-26). The lease contained an option for Kathy R. Becker, The Kays’ granddaughter, to buy…