Transcontinental Refrigeration Co. v. Figgins

Plaintiff Transcontinental Refrigerator Company appeals from a judgment rendered by the District Court, Gallatin County, sitting without a jury, denying its prayer for total accelerated rent allegedly due for breach of a lease agreement, and finding a favor of defendant Figgins on his counterclaim for rescisión and damages.

Everett Figgins owns and operates the Big Sky Market in Manhattan, Montana. The Big Sky Market stocks grocery items, but is primarily a meat market. There are facilities on the premises for the complete processing of meats, from live animal to individually wrapped cut.…