Schmit v. Townsend

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Townsend sued Schmit for wages earned while working in Schmit’s establishment — a bar, restaurant and pawn shop in Fairbanks. Townsend also sought reimbursement for certain loans he had made to Schmit. Schmit counterclaimed, seeking damages for mismanagement of the business and misappropriation of business assets which he had left in the hands of Townsend for a month due to a medical emergency. The court, sitting without a jury, awarded judgment to Townsend and dismissed Schmit’s counterclaim.

Schmit’s first point on appeal is that “the court erred in not considering…