Evatt v. Steele

OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

Baxter and Mary Evatt sued for breach of a provision in the contract under which Duane and Chana Steele purchased from Evatts the B & E Hardware store. In question was a contractual provision involving payments to be made by Steeles to First National Bank in Albuquerque (bank) for a leased computer used in the hardware store. The district court awarded Evatts compensatory damages for Steeles’ refusal to complete the payments on the lease, and the Steeles appeal this award. We affirm.

Steeles, who had worked for Evatts for some years, decided to buy the store when Evatts…