Liddle v. Petty

Jack H. Petty appeals from a July 23, 1990, judgment of the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, Montana, awarding damages to Thomas W. and Constance L. Liddle for breach of a contract for deed. We affirm.

The issue is whether the District Court erred by holding that the vendee, Jack Petty, rather than the vendors, Thomas and Constance Liddle, had materially breached the contract for deed and that Petty was not entitled to suspend payments.

I

In 1981 Thomas and Constance Liddle purchased a small farm located in Flathead County on Highway 2 across from the water…