Kelly v. Sell & Sell Paint Contractors

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered in Sweet Grass County where the District Court granted defendant’s motion to amend findings of fact and conclusions of law. The amended judgment allowed defendant to recover the damaged carpeting which the court had found the defendant to have negligently installed in the plaintiffs’ home.

This case turns on a procedural question, and accordingly, a detailed recitation of the facts giving rise to this litigation is not necessary.

On September 15, 1975, plaintiffs Douglas R. and Bette Lynn Kelly filed an action against Sell & Sell Contractors, d/b/a The…