Barnes v. Barnhart

This is a conversion case. After a nonjury trial before the court, a monetary judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs. The defendants' counterclaim was denied. The defendants, the Barneses, appeal. We affirm.

In viewing the record with the attendant presumptions accorded to the trial court's action, the following is revealed. On May 17, 1979 the Barneses entered into a handwritten real estate sales agreement with Mr. W.H. Barnhart to purchase forty-two acres of land upon which was situated a home, store building, barn, and possibly other structures. That agreement provided that "Seller will…