Nordwick v. Berg

This is an appeal from an order of the Fifth Judicial District, in and for the County of Jefferson, Montana, granting partial summary judgment. We affirm.

The case involves a dispute over the ownership of potential mining claims known as the State Creek mining claims located near Boulder, Montana. Plaintiff Nordwick and defendant Berg entered into a written agreement June 3,1980, to purchase some unimproved property in Jefferson County. The agreement provided that Nordwick was to enter into an earnest money and buy/sell agreement with the owner of the property and negotiate a price not to…