Sheridan v. McBaine

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

This action began in the Boone County Circuit Court as a suit to quiet title and for rent and possession of the premises. A corporate defendant, Windrush Corporation, counterclaimed for specific performance of an agreement by the decedent who had owned the premises to convey the property to the corporation in return for stock in the corporation. Defendant Thomas, who, with his wife, was defendant in the suit for rent and possession, alternately sought declaration that joint venture existed between himself and decedent with respect to the property and asked for…