McDonald v. Stewart

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff, Francis E. McDonald, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his claim against defendant, William E. Crowder, an attorney, for tortious interference with a contractual relationship between plaintiff and defendant’s client, Shirley Marie Twigg.

Miss Twigg, who inherited her father’s homestead, entered into a written purchase agreement on April 29, 1966, for the sale of that property to plaintiff for a price of $10,000. She was represented in that transaction by Horace Van Valkenburg, who was the attorney in the probate proceedings. On or about May 23, 1966,…