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from her father-in-law and $3,500 from insurance proceeds and an
inheritance received by her.6 John Richards paid $9,000 towards
the purchase price. He was a builder, and the plan was to build
on the property. John Richards was supposed to get his money
returned “at whatever the profit was”. Notwithstanding that
there are no documents evidencing Mr. Richard’s participation in
the purchase of the property, she believed that she was obligated
to repay him, and she has asked him to hold off collecting until
she straightens things out. She received the first quitclaim
deed while Steven was in jail: “Steve was in jail at that time
and I went to get it. It was going to be a hard mess all around.
I was just glad to receive it.” Notwithstanding the sale
contract, she was worried that she would lose the money she had
invested in the property since there had been no closing of the
sale. Steven obtained the first warranty deed in order to
deprive her of her interest in the property.
6 We are aware that the total of those two amounts is
$5,500, which exceeds a stipulation that $5,000 was deposited in
escrow pursuant to the sale contract. We cannot explain that
discrepancy or the discrepancy between the stipulation that an
additional $9,000 was paid to Sandra L. Archer by a cashier’s
check purchased by John K. Richards and the copy of an $8,000
check attached to the letter dated Nov. 15, 1995, from
Mr. Richard’s attorney to Steven. We will assume that the
deposit made by petitioner was $5,000 and the amount paid by John
Richards was $9,000, which adds up to the $14,000 purchase price
for the Pelican Avenue property specified in the contract of
sale.
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