Ansorge v. Kellogg

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a Grand Traverse Circuit Court judgment of no cause of action in favor of defendants. Defendants claim a cross-appeal from the same judgment. We affirm.

The Traverse City Canning Company (tccc), a Michigan corporation, operated a fruit processing and canning business for approximately fifty years. The company went bankrupt in 1982. Defendants are the officers, directors and shareholders of the bankrupt corporation. Plaintiffs are commercial cherry growers who had business dealings with the tccc over the years.

According to the testimony adduced at trial, a…