By: dmc-admin//November 26, 2001//
Arnold and Diane Schleicher appeal a judgment granting Jeffrey and Jone Riester specific performance on an option to purchase real estate. The trial court separated this action from the Schleicher’s third party misrepresentation action against the real estate agent who arranged the transaction. The Schleichers argue that: (1) the trial court should have conducted a single jury trial on all claims rather than trying the equity claims first to the court; (2) they were denied a fair trial because they did not have adequate notice that the equity action would be tried to the court; and (3) the court improperly allowed the real estate agent’s attorney to examine witnesses in this trial.
Because we conclude that the trial court properly separated the claims and tried the equity issues without a jury, and the Schleichers have not established any prejudice from lack of notice that the claims would be tried to the court or from the real estate agent’s attorney’s participation, we affirm the judgment.
This opinion will not be published.
Dist III, Door County, Diltz, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys:
For Appellant: John F. Scanlan, Sturgeon Bay
For Respondent: David L. Weber, Sturgeon Bay; Jon Robert Pinkert, Sturgeon Bay