LEWIS v. MURPHY

No. 81-568.

649 P.2d 740 (1982)

J.R. LEWIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. G.K. MURPHY, Margaret K. Murphy and Little Horn State Bank, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 11, 1982.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Lynaugh, Lynaugh, Fitzgerald & Skaggs, Billings, for plaintiff and appellant.

Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, George Dalthorp, Billings, Douglas Y. Freeman, Hardin, for defendants and respondents.


MORRISON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered by the Fourteenth Judicial District Court interpreting a land exchange agreement between the parties.

Respondents are the owners of a ranch located in Musselshell County, Montana. In the spring of 1979, appellant began negotiating with respondents for the purchase of their ranch. Three agreements were subsequently executed by the parties.

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