Nicholson v. Coeur D'Alene Placer Mining Corp.

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal out of Shoshone County from a judgment: (a) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to grant the Plaintiffs a right of first refusal with respect to a parcel of real property they were leasing, (b) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to purchase the Plaintiffs’ buildings that were located on that property, and (c) finding that the Plaintiffs were guilty of unlawful detain-er. We affirm the judgment.

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Factual Background.

In August 1995, W. Michael Nicholson and Joan Nicholson (“Plaintiffs”) purchased buildings located on land owned by the Coeur…