Ex Parte Brannon

683 So.2d 994 (1996)

Ex parte Grace Wills BRANNON.

(In re Grace Wills BRANNON v. David McGOWAN and Shirley McGowan).

1950761.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 9, 1996.

Joseph P. Hughes, Geneva, for Petitioner.

Henry F. Lee III and David W. Rousseau, Geneva, for Respondents.

HOUSTON, Justice.

On August 16, 1982, David McGowan and Shirley McGowan purchased a house from Grace Wills Brannon for $28,000. The McGowans paid Brannon $3,600 as a down payment; they were to pay $1,400 on January 10, 1983, and the balance of $23,000 was to be paid in monthly installments over 15 years, beginning on September 15,…