Strate v. Cambridge Telephone Co., Inc.

BURNETT, Judge. *

This appeal and cross-appeal arise from a contract dispute. The appellants, Eugene and Alice Strate, maintain that the district court should have awarded them consequential damages for a breach of contract. The cross-appellant, Cambridge Telephone Company, argues that the district court erred in finding that the contract contained an oral modification and in failing to find that the contract was tainted by fraud or misrepresentation. For reasons explained below, we affirm the district court’s judgment.

I

The facts are as follows. In early 1985, the Strates owned all the shares…