Doyle v. Clark

¶1 Defendant Michael Clark (Clark) owns property near Virginia City, Montana, on which he stores numerous unused, abandoned, or in-need-of-repair vehicles. Joseph Doyle (Doyle) owns surrounding and contiguous properties. Doyle tried for several years to get Clark to clean up the portion of Clark’s property that was visible from Doyle’s property. When his attempts proved unsuccessful, Doyle sued Clark and others claiming, among other things, that Clark breached a written and oral contract and created a public and private nuisance. A jury ruled in favor of Clark and the other defendants on all…