Dooling v. Casey

This is an appeal from a net judgment in the amount of $62,952.15 in favor of the buyers under a contract for the sale of land covering damages awarded them for breach of contract reduced by the amount due on a promissory note given in partial payment of the purchase price. All claims for relief and defenses were litigated in one jury trial in the district court of the Fifth Judicial District of Montana before the Honorable Philip C. Duncan, district judge.

Two separate suits were consolidated for trial herein. The first suit, hereafter called the “main action,” was a suit for breach of…