Anderton v. Waddell

SMITH, Justice.

■ Appellants (plaintiffs), as assignees of vendors under a written contract for the sale and purchase of an interest in real property, seek recovery from respondents (defendants) of amounts allegedly due their assignors under the contract. The trial court resolved the case against appellants by granting respondents’ motion for summary judgment and entry of a judgment of dismissal. This appeal resulted. We set forth the facts in some detail since they are somewhat involved.

Leon N. Byington and wife, owners of farm property situate in Gooding County, Idaho, entered into a written…