Goggans v. Winkley

Action for damages by purchasers of land against sellers and real estate agent based on alleged false representations of the latter inducing purchasers to buy. The district court of Lincoln county directed a verdict for defendants and entered judgment of dismissal. From the district court’s denial of purchasers’ motion for new trial, purchasers appeal.

Plaintiffs herein are Tom and Phoebe Goggans who purchased from defendants, Clarence H. and Dorothy I. Winkley, a two acre tract of land with frontage on the Libby-Jennings highway in Lincoln County, Montana. The purchase was made about March 1,…