Wired Music, Inc. v. Great River Steamboat Co.

GUNN, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Wired Music, Inc., appeals from a judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict in favor of defendant-respondent, Pierson, on a suit for breach of contract. The central issue is whether Pierson is personally liable under a guaranty clause contained in a contract which he executed as president of the Great River Steamboat Co. We hold that Pierson was not personally liable under the contract and affirm the judgment.

We first indite the rather basic legal rubric that in reviewing a trial court’s granting of a motion for directed verdict we must consider the evidence and…