Wessling v. Johnson

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

BBCA, 1 Inc. (BBCA), a Minnesota corporation, appeals a state court dismissal of its counterclaim against Douglas and Debra Wessling (Wesslings) for claimed deficiencies on a contract for deed where the Wess-lings were vendees. Appellant counterclaimed when the Wesslings sued it in state court as part of an action to quiet title. Upon the Wesslings’ motion, the state court, noting that BBCA’s earlier federal court action involving the same land had been dismissed for lack of prosecution, dismissed BBCA’s state court counterclaim as res judicata.

FACTS

This dispute arose…