Higginsville Memorial Post 6270 v. Benton

ROBERT G. ULRICH, Judge.

Factual and Procedural History

This appeal involves a contract for the sale of real property between Travis L. Benton and Betty L. Benton (the “Ben-tons”) and Higginsville Memorial Post 6270 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc. (the “VFW”). On January 29, 1998, the Bentons and the VFW executed a contract whereby the Bentons agreed to assume the loan and resulting debt payments on the VFW building that the VFW owed to Firstar Bank.1 The purpose of entering the contract was to assist the VFW while it was having financial difficulty. The contract between the…