OVERCAST v. AKRA

No. 80-426.

642 P.2d 1058 (1982)

Kenneth OVERCAST, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lila AKRA & Betty Acher, as Trustees of the Estate of Effie C. McGhuey, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burns, Solem & MacKenzie, Chinook, Morrison, Ettien & Barron, Havre, for defendants and appellants.

W. Arthur Graham, Missoula, for plaintiff and respondent.


SHEA, Justice.

The defendant lessors appeal from a jury verdict and judgment of the Blaine County District Court in which they were found to owe the lessee $20,000 as payment for removable and nonremovable improvements the lessee had placed on the farm during the period of his lease. The jury wrote on its own verdict form that "[w]e also award Mr. Overcast the right to remove his two grain bins, Powder River Gate, and four stock tanks."

The lessors raise several...

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