Joyce v. Vemulapalli

Defendant appeals as of right an adverse judgment in this action for breach of a contract for the sale of land. Following a bench trial, the trial court ruled that although plaintiffs were not entitled to specific performance of the contract, they were entitled to $9,000 in damages for defendant’s breach. We affirm.

Defendant owned property in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The title to the property was in his name only when he bought the property on a land contract. At the time of purchase, defendant was not married, but he married sometime thereafter. Defendant then mortgaged the property, and…