Coates v. Kaufman

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

We resolve a contention for this case that contract ambiguity was ignored by the district court in favor of its holding the parties to the four corners of an unambiguous agreement. Appellant, Ross M. Coates, purchased property located at the Pathfinder Lake Marina, Alcova, Wyoming, from appellees, Don Owen Kaufman and Jennifer Kay Kaufman (Kaufman). Coates defaulted in his payments to Kaufman, and Kaufman sought specific performance of the contract. During the course of the litigation, the parties entered into a release and settlement of sorts which extinguished the…