Davidson v. Lewis

Plaintiff Ruth Davidson and cross-defendant Sharon Lewis appeal from a judgment of the District Court, Gallatin County, which decreed that defendant Leland Lewis owed plaintiff $ 1,400 as the balance due on a loan.

Defendant and Sharon Lewis were married in 1969. In 1971, they borrowed $5,400 from plaintiff, who is Sharon Lewis’ mother, for the down payment on a house located in Bozeman, Montana. They verbally agreed to repay the loan, apparently without interest, in $100 installments. They made such payments until their divorce in 1973.

Prior to the entry of their divorce decree, defendant and…