Keystone Bus Lines, Inc. v. ARA Services, Inc.

Plaintiff, Keystone Bus Lines, Inc. (Keystone), appeals dismissal of its action against defendant, ARA Services, Inc. (ARA), to enforce a provision contained in a contract for purchase of certain assets of Keystone. The provision required ARA to pay Keystone $100,000 if ARA obtained specified revenues from busing operations. Keystone alleged that ARA intentionally prevented occurrence of a condition precedent, i.e., attainment of the prescribed revenues, so the court should disregard the condition and order ARA to pay $100,000. The trial court directed a verdict for ARA, finding no evidence…