Dengler v. Hazel Blessinger Family Trust

KIDWELL, Justice Pro Tem.

This is an action seeking damages for breach of a contract for the sale of land. As part of the sale, the seller was to obtain and convey an easement for access to the landlocked parcel of property. The district court concluded this term was a condition precedent to the seller’s obligation to convey the property and failure of the condition excused the seller’s performance; therefore, the seller did not breach the contract. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The Hazel Blessinger Family Trust (the Trust) was the owner of real property located in the Boise…