Bache v. Owens

Mark Owens, doing business as Mark Owens Logging, appeals from an order of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, granting partial summary judgment to Lloyd and Virginia Bache and denying his motion for partial summary judgment. We affirm the decision of the District Court.

The issue is whether the District Court erred in ruling that the Baches retain an easement on the land they sold to Owens.

Lloyd and Virginia Bache owned a 34-acre tract of land in Lincoln County, Montana. Mark Owens, doing business as Mark Owens Logging, purchased 2.42 acres of the Baches’ property (Tract…