Lingquist v. Seibold
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; W. H. Doorman, Judge. Action by F. W. Lingquist against J. W. Seibold, administrator of John W. O’Neill, deceased. Verdict for defendant, and, from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MR. COMMISSIONER SPENCER
prepared the opinion for the court.
For a first cause of action the plaintiff herein claims damages in the sum of $3,000, pursuant to the terms of a contract entered into between plaintiff and decedent on March 14, 1912, whereby the decedent agreed, among other things, to pay to the plaintiff one-half of the difference between the agreed selling price of decedent’s land, or $12,000, and the amount of a mortgage against the land for $6,000 if the plaintiff should effectuate sale of decedent’s land according to the terms of their contract. Plaintiff alleges that in…
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