Keystone Fruit Marketing, Inc. v. Brownfield

I see this case differently than the majority, and therefore must respectfully dissent.

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Defendant William Brownfield owned a one-third share in Walla Walla Keystone, LLC, as did Plaintiff Bob Evans and a third partner, Kurt Schweitzer. Evans and Schweitzer contributed start-up capital for the firm. Instead of paying his share out of pocket, Brownfield asked Ev*461ans to loan him the money—totaling approximately $200,000—on the expectation that the debt would be repaid when Walla Walla Keystone became profitable. The loans from Evans were evidenced by six documents executed by Brownfield. These…