In 2020, an Ohio couple moved into a friend's home and spent $30,000 on its kitchen; six years later, an appeals court rejected their $215,000 purchase claim and revived the owners' eviction bid

• The Claxtons said they renovated the house believing it would become theirs.
• Six years after they first moved in 2020, an appeals court ruled that the money spent on renovations did not give them a legal right to buy the house