Durward v. Nelson

MESCHKE, Justice.

Carmie and Helen D. Nelson [Nelsons] appeal from a judgment partitioning two quarter sections of land that the court found to be jointly owned by the Nelsons and Terri Durward. We affirm the partition of the land and remand for reconsideration of rents and profits awarded to Terri.

Terri married the Nelsons’ son, Lowell, on October 16, 1976. On March 8, 1977, Edward and Geneva Christianson executed a contract for deed to convey the NW% of Section 24, Township 160 North, Range 90 West, in Burke County by warranty deed to Lowell and Terri for $40,000. The contract for deed…