Hohensee v. Chemodurow

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

*289The defendant appeals ‘ from a judgment awarded by the district court of the eighteenth judicial district, sitting without a jury.

The defendant Dr. Theododre Chemodurow is a physician and psychiatrist practicing in Billings, Montana. The plaintiffs are Harold and Georgia Hohensee, brother-in-law and sister of defendant. This dispute arose over the plaintiffs’ operation of a ranch owned by the defendant.

Defendant purchased this ranch from his grandmother, Abigail Smart, hi 1958. One year after purchasing the ranch defendant…