Douglas v. Shelby Taylor Trucking, Inc.

| Appellant Michael Douglas appeals from the Grant County Circuit Court’s judgment awarding appellee Shelby Taylor Trucking, Inc. (Shelby) damages for unjust enrichment. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred when it entered judgment against him for unjust enrichment. We agree and reverse.

Douglas owned forty acres of timber land in Grant County, Arkansas. Douglas retained Derrell Taylor Forest Management (Taylor Management), a forestry-management company, to solicit bids to sell the timber on his land. Shelby submitted the highest bid of $65,837,80 to Taylor Management. The…