Kaufman Bros. v. Home Value Stores, Inc.

¶1 Plaintiffs/Appellants, Kaufman Brothers (Kaufmans), appeal from the order of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, granting summary judgment to Defendants/Appellees Home Value Stores, Inc., et al. (Home Value) on Kaufmans’ claims under the parties’ contract for deed. We affirm. We address the following issue:

¶2 Did the District Court err by holding that Kaufmans’ election to terminate the parties’ contract for deed and retake possession of the property precluded a subsequent action for breach of contract against Home Value?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Kaufman…