Hanson v. Water Ski Mania Estates

¶1 Tom and Suzanne Hanson (Hansons) appeal the First Judicial District Court’s grant of summary judgment to Water Ski Mania Estates. We affirm.

ISSUES

¶2 A restatement of the issues is:

¶3 1. Did the District Court err when it granted summary judgment?

¶4 2. Did the District Court err when it determined that the Hansons “sold their property on the west end” of Serenity Lake?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶5 In 1990, the Hansons bought approximately 80 acres of land in the Helena Valley near Helena, Montana. On the eastern forty acres, they built a water ski lake, known as Serenity Lake, and…