Johnson v. Jeppe

Defendants appeal from a judgment entered after the trial court had allowed plaintiffs’ motions for directed verdicts on their claim for sums due under a contract and on defendants’ counterclaim for damages for fraud. We review the facts in the light most favorable to defendants, Miller v. Harder, 240 Or 418, 402 P2d 84 (1965); Coy v. Starling, 53 Or App 76, 78, 630 P2d 1323, rev den 291 Or 662 (1981), and affirm.

Plaintiffs owned and operated a business under the assumed name of Blue Mountain Distributing, which held the exclusive right to distribute “Tom’s Food Products” through vending…