Teagarden v. Calkins
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Meagher County; John A, Matthews, Judge. Action by Sam W. Teagarden against R. M. Calkins, Jr., and F. P. Marrs, as administrator of the estate of A. C. Graves, deceased. From judgment for plaintiff and an order denying him new trial, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MR. JUSTICE' SANNER
delivered the opinion of the court.
Upon appropriate pleadings and after trial upon the evidence the lower court found in substance these facts: That on or about May 10, 1908, George W. Moore granted an option to purchase certain real estate owned by him amounting to 8,820 acres, situate in Meagher and Sweetgrass counties in this state. By its terms the option expired July 1, 1908, and it ran to A. C. Graves, but Graves and the plaintiff Teagarden were joint and equal owners of it. Later, and within ten days of its expiration Graves, without consulting* Teagarden, sold the…
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