Buttress v. Taylor

EDWIN H. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Mick Buttress appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County awarding the respondent, Lamar Franchising, Inc., damages on the appellant’s injunction bond of $3,836.25 for attorney’s fees, which were incurred by the respondent in dissolving a temporary restraining order (TRO) obtained by the appellant against one of the respondent’s franchisees, Jack Taylor. 1 The TRO temporarily restrained Taylor from opening a Lamar’s franchise in Blue Springs, Missouri. In seeking injunctive relief against Taylor, the appellant alleged that pursuant to the…