Fortman v. Manthey

248 N.W.2d 821 (1976)

James FORTMAN, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Wayne MANTHEY and Thomas Manthey, Defendants and Appellants.

Civ. No. 9241.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 23, 1976.

Dewel E. Viker, Jr., Hillsboro, for plaintiff and appellee.

George E. Sorlie and Bradley W. Berg (argued), Hillsboro, for defendants and appellants.

VOGEL, Justice.

This is an action on behalf of grandparents against grandsons. The question is whether payments made by the grandsons to the grandparents were for rent of land or payments on the purchase price. We affirm the judgment in favor of the grandparents,…