Lynch v. Shields

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants entered on findings of fact and conclusions of law after denial of a motion to alter and amend those findings and conclusions. The case was tried to the court in the sixth judicial district, county of Park, the Hon. Jack D. Shanstrom, presiding without a jury.

Plaintiff, Richard E. Lynch, brought the action to recover the sum of $10,000 which he had paid to defendants J. Paul Shields and Jessie I. Shields, husband and wife, allegedly as a good faith deposit in connection with negotiations to purchase the OTO ranch in Park County. Defendants…