Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. v. Monroe Property Co.

¶1 Dick Anderson Construction (DAC) appeals from the order of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District granting summary judgment to Monroe Property Company. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

¶2 This case arose over a decade ago when David Lipson, principal of the approximately 10,000-acre Paws Up Angus Ranch and Paws Up Horse Ranch in Missoula County, Montana, engaged DAC to construct buildings, roads and other improvements on the Ranch. Lipson projected that the work would cost approximately $10 million, and when DAC did not get paid for the last approximately $800,000 of billings, it filed a…