E. E. E., Inc. v. Hanson

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

In January of 1980, Anneus Meester filed suit against Esther Hanson seeking specific performance of an earnest-money agreement to convey 300 acres of Griggs County farmland. In January of 1981, E. E. E., Inc., sued Hanson and Meester1 seeking *103foreclosure of a mortgage executed by Hanson upon the same farmland. The actions were joined by order of the court. The court ordered specific performance of the earnest-money agreement in favor of Mees-ter, and Hanson appealed. We reverse. A judgment in favor of Hanson and Meester decreeing the mortgage invalid and dismissing the…