Northwest Potato Sales, Inc. v. Beck

Plaintiff, Northwest Potato Sales, Inc., a family corporation owned by the Martin McCullough family, and dealing primarily in the buying and selling of potatoes, appeals an order of the Powell County District Court dismissing its claim against the defendant, Charles Beck, for damages claimed as a result of an alleged failure by Beck to honor a contract to sell seed potatoes to Northwest Potato Sales. The trial court held that the alleged agreement was barred by the statute of frauds because Beck, although he had received the written contract containing the necessary terms, had not signed it.…