Johnsrud v. Lind

PAULSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Stark County District Court which awarded damages to the defendant-buyer, Willis Lind, on his counterclaim for the breach of a contract for the sale of cattle by the plaintiffs-sellers, Miles Johnsrud and Hal Johnsrud.

In January of 1972, Miles and Hal Johnsrud, who are brothers, purchased cattle to graze on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in northwestern North Dakota. The cattle were to be grazed on reservation land leased by the Johnsrud brothers. The lease payments would allow the Johns-rud brothers to run approximately 1,215 head…