Dodds v. Gibson Products Co. of W. Mont.

A jury sitting in District Court, Flathead County, Montana, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in this breach of contract action and assessed damages at $11,667.00 Defendant filed this appeal.

Plaintiffs, Robert W. Dodds, David J. Mersy and Clayton C. Drake, are the sole owners of the capital stock of C. K. of Kalispell, Inc., a North Dakota corporation. In the fall of 1972, just prior to forming the corporation, plaintiffs came to Montana in search of possible construction sites for Country Kitchen restaurants. After viewing many sites, it was decided that resaurants would be built in…