Smith v. Osmun

Defendant John Osmun appeals a decision of the Addison Superior Court enforcing an agreement to settle a specific performance action brought by plaintiffs Gregory and Patricia Smith. Defendant claims that the court erred in finding that a settlement agreement existed, in finding that defendant’s former lawyer had authority to enter into a settlement agreement, and in assessing damages and prejudgment interest. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiffs were living in a camp they constructed on defendant’s property in Starksboro. In November 1988, they brought an action to require…