Kuntz v. Kuntz

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Nephews sued their uncle to compel specific performance of an oral agreement for sale of the uncle’s farmland and other farm assets. After the uncle died, the trial court ruled for the nephews. The personal representative of the uncle’s estate appealed. We affirm, concluding the trial court did not err when it held the oral agreement was valid, specifically enforceable, and not the result of undue influence.

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[¶ 2] Brothers George and Bert Kuntz farmed and ranched near Towner. They separately owned land and cattle, but owned machinery together, and operated together,…