Anderson v. Doms

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant Eugene E. Doms appeals for the second time the trial court’s denial of his request to rescind a real estate contract. Plaintiffs Ellen Anderson and Dan and Jeanne Scott cross-appeal, arguing, among other things, that the doctrine of laches bars recission of the contract. 1 Both parties appeal the trial court’s award of attorney fees and costs. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶2 In March 1982, plaintiffs Dan and Jeanne Scott, Ellen Anderson, and D.C. Anderson, Ellen Anderson’s now deceased husband, sold a parcel of property known as Rossi Hills (the…