WELCH v. COOPER

No. CA 83-275.

670 S.W.2d 454 (1984)

11 Ark.App. 263

Mary Gentry WELCH and Thomas J. Welch, Appellants, v. Gerald Dale COOPER and Bessie Cooper, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

May 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harkness, Friedman, Kusin & Britt by Harry B. Friedman, Texarkana, for appellants.

Hawkins & Metzger by Jay P. Metzger, Ashdown, for appellees.


GLAZE, Judge.

This is an appeal of a chancery court's enforcement of a contract for the sale of land and a cross-appeal of the court's award of actual damages for trespass and punitive damages for assault. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In 1972, Mary and Thomas Welch, appellants, and Gerald and Bessie Cooper, appellees, entered into a contract for the sale of some land owned by Mrs. Welch. The contract contained a provision giving the Coopers an option...

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