Hastie v. Van Meter

MOORE, Chief Justice.

In this forcible entry and detainer action the trial court entered a decree granting plaintiff possession of the realty described in the pleadings and ordering defendants’ removal therefrom. Defendants have appealed. We affirm.

Defendants assert the trial court erred in finding they were tenants and not purchasers of the property from plaintiff through their alleged oral conditional real estate contract. We do not reach the evidentiary question which is also raised in defendants’ brief.

In March 1966 plaintiff purchased the property in question which lies just south of the…