Lawson v. Cobban
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Jeremiah J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Mathilda Lawson against W. S. Cobban and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The district court of Silver Bow county sustained a general demurrer to the complaint in this case, which is an action for damages for breach of an executory contract for the sale of real estate, and, in default of further pleading by the plaintiff, entered judgment for the defendants. From that judgment an appeal is taken.
The point to be decided is whether a written agreement by one who signed his name “T. J. Lynde, Adm. Estate of Mary A. Black,” and two others, to convey at a future date real estate *139not owned by them, but belonging to the estate represented by the administrator, said…
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