Crosswhite v. Friedman

PEE CUEIAM.

This is an appeal from a decree in a snit to declare the rights of the parties in the proceeds of the sale of a tractor. The trial court awarded the fund to the defendant.

The suit was complicated because both parties had acted as their own counsel during critical stages of the controversy. At least one document appears to have -been altered, stories have been changed, and various kinds of self-help were resorted to. The trial court understandably found itself in a quandry in attempting to determine which party was the more believable, or the less unbelievable.

The difficulty began…