Payette Farms Co. v. Conter

BAKES, Chief Justice.

The defendants appeal the district court’s denial of defendants’ motion to amend its pleadings by adding a counterclaim seeking equitable relief from forfeiture of an installment land contract. The district court concluded that litigation of the counterclaim was precluded on the basis of res judicata. We affirm.

On March 29, 1978, Payette Farms Co. entered into an installment land contract for the sale of property known as Payette Farms to Louis A. Conter and his wife, Valerie J. Conter. Subsequently, following negotiations between the Conters and George Kirschner, an…