Central Line Tractor & Equipment Co. v. Rapp

Jones, Presiding Judge.

In August 1988, Dan Moreland obtained a franchise from Kubota Tractor Corporation to sell farm equipment and machinery. A Kubota representative tried to persuade Moreland to take over the existing Kubota dealership in the area, Davis Implement Supply Co., Inc., a company owned and operated by Gene Davis. Moreland refused to take over Davis’ company, which had gone out of business due to financial setbacks, and formed his own corporation, Central Line Tractor & Equipment Company (“Central”), with himself as sole shareholder. Farm equipment and machinery charged to Davis,…