Benson v. Bottger

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Knauss.

We will refer to plaintiffs in error as the Bensons and defendants in error as the Bottgers, and to Ann E. Gehrlein and George S. Gehrlein as the Gehrleins. The latter were not parties to the present action, but were parties in a suit in Larimer County, Colorado, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The evidence discloses that in September, 1953, the Bottgers began negotiations with the Gehrleins for a trade and exchange of Larimer County properties owned by the Bottgers for property at Deckers, Colorado, upon which the Gehrleins held the leasehold interest and…