Schuldies v. Millar

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1] Defendants appeal a jury verdict awarding damages against them for breach of contract, interference with contractual relations, slander and conversion, along with prejudgment interest and punitive damages. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

FACTS

[¶ 2] Lyla May Johnson owns a 3000 acre cattle ranch spreading across Butte and Lawrence counties. A rancher almost all her life, she moved there when she was twenty-one after marrying her first husband, Bernie Stephens. They had one daughter, Rosalie. After Bernie died, Lyla married Dick Johnson, now deceased, who…