Huisenga v. Parkman

Bruce Parkman appeals a directed verdict entered against him by the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, Montana. The court found that he was liable for $7,622.11 of debt incurred by his former employer, Whitney Development Co., a partnership involved in land development, and costs of $55.40. We reverse and remand.

By the start of January, 1982, Parkman was the general manager at Whitney Development Co., but he held no ownership interest in the partnership. Herman Huisenga, an advertising consultant in Billings, had done considerable work for Whitney…