LAWRENCE v. DONOVAN

No. 80-158.

619 P.2d 1183 (1980)

Viola A. LAWRENCE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Sharon Lee DONOVAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Skedd and J. Mayo Ashley, Helena, for defendant and appellant.

Galt & Swanberg, Helena, for plaintiff and respondent.


HASWELL, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-respondent, Viola A. Lawrence, brought this action seeking partition of real property in the Lewis & Clark County District Court. At a pretrial conference, the parties were asked to brief the issue of whether the plaintiff was legally entitled to a partition. The court then treated the matter as a motion for summary judgment and granted summary judgment to the plaintiff concluding that she was entitled to a partition. Defendants...

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