SIMS v. WESCOTT

No. 47266.

669 S.W.2d 56 (1984)

Ruth H. SIMS, individually, and Ruth H. Sims, Dorothy Jean Glogston, and James E. Sims, Trustees Under the Last Will and Testament of Clyde H. Sims, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. John W. WESCOTT and Vera R. Wescott, Defendants, and Paul O. Peper and Wanda F. Peper, Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Grewach, Wescott and Peper, Troy, for defendants-appellants.

Charles Harry Billings, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-respondents.


CRANDALL, Judge.

Approximately ten years before they brought this action, respondents (plaintiffs) conveyed by deed a one-acre parcel of land to defendants John and Vera Wescott (defendants) and reserved a pre-emptive right to repurchase the land for $800 upon being notified by defendants of their desire to sell it. At trial, plaintiffs sought specific performance of that pre-emptive right and also sought to cancel a lease executed by defendants and appellants Paul...

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