Dyksterhouse v. Doornbos

Action by buyer against seller to enforce specific performance of a contract to sell a tract of land in Belgrade, Montana. The district court of Gallatin County, Hon. Frank E. Blair, district judge presiding without a jury, entered judgment for buyer. Seller appeals.

The defendant-seller contends: (1) That no complete contract, oral or written, was ever entered into; (2) that the contract is unenforceable under the statute of frauds; (3) that the buyer did not install and pay for a sewer line across the property in reliance on the alleged contract and thus did not change his position to his…