Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Johnson

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

By this limited appeal, Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc. seeks to overturn a judgment, rendered on a jury verdict, decreeing its monetary liability for breach of contract to furnish electric service to Bill Johnson. Because Johnson failed to prove a contractual duty by Greenbelt to furnish him electric service, we reverse and render.

In 1972, Johnson began the operation of Syd Blue’s Restaurant and Lounge in a building situated in Howardwick, Donley County. By written instrument, the building was leased to Johnson by George Howard, the owner, for a five-year term.…