Latch v. Gratty, Inc.

Plaintiff corporation had a contract with another corporation to purchase its franchise and assets. Plaintiff alleges that the other corporation’s president tortiously interfered with that contract by individually signing a second contract to sell the same assets to another buyer. Because there is no evidence that the president was acting solely for his personal benefit when he signed the second contract, plaintiff as a matter of law failed to show that the president was a stranger to the contract as the cause of action requires. Moreover, plaintiffs alternative claim that the president…