Opinion ID: 1905870
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Heading: # 11904 the munderloh appeal

Text: Munderloh contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to amend his complaint to state a claim directly against the Simons for specific performance of their agreement to convey the entire four thousand acre Potter County farm to him and his wife. We conclude that the trial court did not err in so doing. Aside from the fact that there was an unappealed judgment that had dismissed Munderloh's complaint against the Simons for specific performance of the agreement to sell eight hundred acres of the Potter County farm directly to Mrs. Munderloh, the fact remains that all parties understood that the Simons wanted to effect a tax-free exchange of their Potter County land for the Black Hills property and were not willing to convey directly to Munderloh. For the trial court to have permitted the amendment would have been to give Munderloh an opportunity to seek the enforcement of a contract that the parties had never entered into. Other matters raised in Munderloh's appeal do not present issues of reversible error.