Lee v. Shaw

Joe R. and Floie N. Lee appeal from the judgment of the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, Teton County, which followed a bench trial in which the court concluded that the March 20, 1978, document was not an option but probably a right of refusal, and that because no notice of intent to sell was ever given to the plaintiffs, the right of first refusal did not come into effect. We affirm.

All parties concede that no notification of intent to sell was given by Fred Pelzman, or his estate, to the Lees. As a result, the sole issue is whether the March 20, 1978, document constituted an…