Lange v. Lawyer's Title Co.

In Lange v. Wyoming National Bank of Casper, Wyo., 706 P.2d 659 (1985) (Fireside Lounge I), this court by a split decision determined that a real estate contract seller would be ordered to refund a payment obtained from the buyer with funds obtained by the buyer in using a forged deed to mortgage the contracted premises. Another default and subsequent litigation later developed. Labeling the funds a windfall, in blithe disregard of the ingenuity of buyer, the court’s conclusion then made was at best judicial adventurism, as taking money owed to and received by the seller to pay an obligation…