Widmeyer v. Olds

I have hesitated to differ from my colleagues in the disposition of this appeal as I am well aware of the importance of adequate records for appellate review. From the transcript before us, however, it appears to me that the essential facts stand out in bold relief and are sufficiently cogent to justify a remand of this cause for the correction of error and the entry of a new decree free of equivocation and uncertainty.

On February 27, 1960 Pearl Olds paid to John Widmeyer $4200.00 covering one month’s rent and security for six months’ additional rent on a one year lease of the Pink Flamingo…