Riverview Homes, II, Ltd. v. Canton

¶1 The original Plaintiff, Riverview Homes II, Ltd., filed this action in the District Court for the Twenty-First Judicial District in Ravalli County to quiet title to a twenty-acre parcel pledged by the Defendant, Jim Canton, as security in the event Canton breached his contractual obligation to complete a proposed subdivision and construct a man-made lake. The District Court found that Canton breached the contract, yet concluded the contract remedy violated the Montana Subdivision and Platting Act and was an unenforceable liquidated damages provision. The District Court subsequently awarded…