Hoefer v. Wilckens

*220Defendant, Liselotte E. Wilckens, as a codefendant in an action by plaintiffs, Ivan J. Hoefer and Patricia A. Hoefer, for slander of title and real estate broker malpractice, appeals from a Lake County District Court judgment finding her liable on both counts. Because the findings are not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse.

The controversy arises from a real estate transaction involving a contract for deed, a promissory note, and an assignment. The dispute is between the plaintiff purchasers and the defendants, a real estate broker and agent, who handled the transaction. The sellers…