Drug Fair Northwest v. Hooper Enterprises, Inc.

The District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, concluded that a letter between the parties was not an enforceable lease agreement upon which Drug Fair Northwest (Drug Fair) could bring a contract action. Summary judgment was granted to the defendants. Drug Fair appealed. We affirm.

The issue is whether the District Court erred in granting summary judgment.

In February 1973 Gateway West Shopping Center (then known as Sky River Enterprises and herein called Gateway West) negotiated with tenants for rental spaces in a Kalispell shopping center then being constructed. Drug…